Evolutionary ecology

Pianka approaches ecology through the lens of evolution, applying that viewpoint to a broad range of topics. Coverage includes speciation, metapopulations, the role of deception in nature, experimental ecology, contemporary comparative techniques, null models, landscape ecology, and macroecology. The book also takes up biodiversity, genetic engineering, equilibrium economics, and other applied concerns.

This edition has been reorganized and cross-referenced so readers can move between related ideas more easily. Its chapters are kept fairly short, which lets students work through the material in smaller sections.