This book explains how ecological science can be applied to solving some of the most crucial problems facing our world today. The author draws together major topics in environmental and resource management that have traditionally been dispersed amongst several different books. Applied Ecology covers energy, water and soil; management of biological resources - fish, grazing lands and forests; pest control and pollution; and finally, conservation and restoration of ecological communities. The second edition has been radically redesigned and rewritten. Each chapter gives a clear explanation of ecology at scales ranging from global, landscape and ecosystem, down to the population and individual.