Böcker av Charles S. Elton

In autobiographical notes he penned near the end of his life, Elton wrote regarding EIAP, "This whole subject has deep significance for the study of plant and animal communities and their balance (or unbalance),"19 and indeed many of the reprints and notes refer to interactions among species and community-wide effects.

In this text, Charles S. Elton introduced and drew together many principles still central to ecology, including succession, niche, food webs, and the links between communities and ecosystems, each of which he illustrated with examples.

This work sounds an early warning about an environmental catastrophe that has become all too familiar today - the invasion of nonnative species. The author explains the devastating effects that invasive species can have on local ecosystems.