Synthesizes the community ecology studies of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. These studies have been conducted from deserts to rainforests and in terrestrial, freshwater and marine habitats. This book is suitable for faculty, researchers, graduates, and undergraduates in vertebrate biology, ecology, and evolutionary biology.

This unique book synthesizes the ongoing long-term community ecology studies of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. The studies have been conducted from deserts to rainforests as well as in terrestrial, fresh-water, and marine habitats and provide valuable insight that can be obtained only through persistent, diligent, and year-after-year investigation.