“The book arose from courses the author has been giving since 1983, so is well-tailored to final year graduate and particularly postgraduate students in ecology, but will also be of value to biodiversity scientists wishing to understand more of within-community interactions.”  (Biodiversity and Conservation, 1 October 2012) “This text is written with the postgraduate ecologist in mind, and the basic concepts, biological and mathematical, are Assumed . . . Given the relatively advanced level at which it is pitched, the text is pleasingly accessible to the non-specialist.”  (Bulletin of the British Ecological Society, 1 June 2012) “With a strong editorial input to improve readability and the employment of good graphic design and typography, Community Ecology could be an excellent, highly useful resource for coursework and self-study.  Summing Up: Recommended.  Upper-division undergraduates through researchers/faculty.”  (Choice, 1 April 2012)"As such I recommend it to anyone involved in teaching introductory ecology at undergraduate level." (Elsevier's Biological Conservation, 1 January 2012) "One might query the balance of coverage of various topics but nevertheless this remains the only textbook exclusively devoted to this scale of study." (Frontiers of Biogeography, 3 March 2011) "However, conservation biologists have got to be trained in community ecology and this is a very good and authoritative book covering the basics. As such I recommend it to anyone involved in teaching introductory ecology at undergraduate level." (Biological Conservation, 12 December 2011)