For graduate and advanced undergraduate students and researchers who already have a solid grounding in the science of ecology, Mittelbach (Michigan State U.) presents a textbook on how to apply that science at the community level. It covers patterns, causes, and consequences of biodiversity; species interactions in simple modules; food webs and ecological networks; metapopulations and metacommunities; and ecology and evolution. He uses mathematical models freely. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)