The Kruger experience ecology and management of savanna heterogeneity /

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Other Authors: Du Toit, Johan, Biggs, Harry, Rogers, Kevin H.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Island Press, [2003]
Physical Description:
xv, 519 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Subjects:
Savanna ecology -- South Africa -- Kruger National Park.
Ecological heterogeneity -- South Africa -- Kruger National Park.
Ecosystem management -- South Africa -- Kruger National Park.
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Contents:
  • Foreword / Anthony R.E. Sinclair and Brian H. Walker
  • PART I : The historical and conceptual framework
  • The Kruger National Park: a century of management and research / David Mabunda, Danie J. Pienaar, and Johan Verhoef
  • Biotic and abiotic variability as key determinants of savanna heterogeneity at multiple spatiotemporal scales / Steward T.A. Pickett, Mary L. Cadenasso, and Tracy L. Benning
  • Adopting a heterogeneity paradigm: implications for management of protected savannas / Kevin H. Rogers
  • An adaptive system to link science, monitoring, and management in practice / Harry C. Biggs and Kevin H. Rogers
  • PART II : A template for savanna heterogeneity
  • The abiotic template and its associated vegetation pattern / Freek J. Venter, Robert J. Scholes, Luanne B. Otter, and Andrew J. Woghiren
  • Fire as a driver of ecosystem variability / Brian W. van Wilgen, Winston S.W. Trollope, Harry C. Biggs, Andre L.F. Potgieter, and Bruce H. Brockett
  • Surface water availability: implications for heterogeneity and ecosystem processes / Angela Gaylord, Norman Owen-Smith, and Jessica Redfern
  • River heterogeneity: ecosystem structure, function, and management / Kevin H. Rogers and Jay O'Keeffe
  • PART III : Interactions between biotic components
  • Interactions between species and ecosystem characteristics / Robert J. Naiman, Leo Braack, Rina Grant, Alan C. Kemp, Johan T. du Toit, and Freek J. Venter
  • Vegetation dynamics in the Kruger ecosystem / Robert J. Scholes, William J. Bond, and Holger C. Eckhardt
  • Insects and savanna heterogeneity / Leo Braack and Per Kryger
  • Birds: responders and contributors to savanna heterogeneity / Alan C. Kemp, W. Richard J. Dean, Ian J. Whyte, Suzanne J. Milton, and Patrick C. Benson
  • Large herbivores and savanna heterogeneity / Johan T. du Toit
  • Rainfall influences on ungulate population dynamics / Norman Owen-Smith and Joseph Ogutu
  • Kruger's elephant population: its size and consequences for ecosystem heterogeneity / Ian J. Whyte, Rudi van Aarde, and Stuart L. Pimm
  • Wildlife diseases and veterinary controls: a savanna ecosytem perspective / Roy G. Bengis, Rina Grant, and Valerius de Vos
  • Large carnivores and savanna heterogeneity / Michael G.L. Mills and Paul J. Funston
  • PART IV : Humans and savannas
  • Anthropogenic influences at the ecosystem level / Stefanie Freitag-Ronaldson and Llewellyn C. Foxcroft
  • Beyond the fence: people and the Lowveld landscape / Sharon Pollard, Charlie Shackleton, and Jane Carruthers
  • Heterogeneity and management of the Lowveld Rivers / Jay O'Keeffe and Kevin H. Rogers
  • Integration of science: successes, challenges, and the future / Harry C. Biggs
  • Reflections on the Kruger experience and reaching forward / Michael G.L. Mills, Jane Lubchenco, William Robertson IV, Harry C. Biggs, and David Mabunda.

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