This compact, lively book uses everyday nontechnical language to explain 60 basic ecological concepts. You can move around freely among its brief, information-packed entries, gaining easy access to the new thinking that scientists, environmentalists, politicians, government officials, business people, and concerned citizens everywhere are using to seek a sustainable future for humanity. Ecology: A Pocket Guide includes up-to-date findings about the microscopic beings that first made plant and animal life possible and now regulate global temperature and oxygen levels: a dramatic new story of the intricate interconnections of all life on Earth.