Indexes journal articles in ecology and environmental science. Nearly 700 journals are indexed in full or in part, and the database indexes literature published from 1982 to the present. Coverage includes habitats, food chains, erosion, land reclamation, resource and ecosystems management, modeling, climate, water resources, soil, and pollution.

Phenotypic variation and implications for reproductive success; Ecophysiological adaptation, plastic responses, and genetic variation of annuals, biennials and perennials in woodland clearings; Comparison of dactylis glomerata and bromus erectus populations from contrasted successional stages; Differences in population biology within the lathyrus sylvestris group (Leguminosae: papilionaceae); Seed dimorplism for dispersal: theory and implications; Temporal and spatial dynamics in populations of biennials plants; Life-history variation and the demography of plant populations; Phenotypic variation of Rhinanthus angustifolius C.C. Gmelin in a succession series; Aspects of the ecological genetics of pasture species.

A refereed, broad-spectrum journal publishing basic research in diverse disciplines in biology and varied taxa.