This is the third edition of the most comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of ecology available. Written in a clear, accessible style, it contains over 5,200 entries on all aspects of ecology and related environmental scientific disciplines, such as biogeography, genetics, soil science, geomorphology, atmospheric science, and oceanography. Coverage is wide-ranging and includes plant and animal physiology, animal behaviour, pollution, conservation, and habitat management, evolution, environmental pollution, climatology and meteorology. Fully revised, updated, and expanded, the third edition contains Internet links, over 30 new illustrations, and over 200 new entries. The dictionary will be invaluable to students of ecology, biology, conservation studies, environmental sciences, and professionals in related areas, as well as the general reader with an interest in the natural world.