This textbook covers plant ecology from the molecular to the global level. It considers the field with a new breadth and depth in the following subject areas:- Molecular Ecophysiology- Autecology- Ecosystem Ecology- Synecology- Global Aspects of Plant EcologyThe book is carefully structured and well written and thus even complex issues are elegantly presented and easily understandable. It contains more than 500 photographs and drawings, mostly in colour, illustrating the fascinating subject.It is aimed at graduate students of biology, as well as addressing post-graduate students and researchers in botany, geosciences and landscape ecology. It is also intended as a basis for those dealing with agriculture, forestry, land use and landscape management.