Features of Achieve include:

• Online Homework Questions and Assessments contain hints, answer-specific feedback, and solutions designed to guide students as they study ecology and provide instructors with immediate feedback on student performance.
• Tutorial Videos provide an office-hour-like experience for students on the most difficult concepts in ecology. Tutorial videos can also be assigned in Achieve with assessment so students may check their understanding.
• LearningCurve’s Adaptive Quizzing puts the concept of "testing to learn" into action, motivating students to engage with the texts content to identify areas of proficiency. Easy-to-use reporting tools help teachers pinpoint areas to focus on in class.

Features of the text include:

• Chapter-Opening Case Studies foreshadow the concepts of each chapter while also conveying the dynamic nature of ecology as a modern science in which discoveries continue to be made today.
• Ecology Today: Applying the Concepts boxes provide examples of applied ecology that bring together the major concepts of the chapter and present questions to demonstrate their practical importance  in a variety of arenas, including human health, conservation, and managing our environment.
• Working with Ecological Data boxes teach statistical and data analysis tools that ecologists use every day; “Your turn” questions require students to practice using the tools they’ve learned.
• Graphing the Data Activities, Found at the end of each chapter, give students additional practice with quantitative skills, particularly with creating and interpreting graphs.
• Global Change icons point to discussions of global scale topics, critical to a modern approach to ecology. This brings to the forefront how real ecological issues impact students’ daily lives.