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The Kruger experience ecology and management of savanna heterogeneity /
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Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
Island Press,
[2003]
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xv, 519 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
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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.