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1 online resource : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Savanna ecology -- South Africa -- Kruger National Park.
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Savanna ecology. |
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South Africa -- Kruger National Park. |
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Ecological heterogeneity -- South Africa -- Kruger National Park.
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Ecological heterogeneity. |
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Ecosystem management -- South Africa -- Kruger National Park.
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Ecosystem management. |
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Electronic books.
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Du Toit, Johan T., editor.
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Biggs, Harry, editor.
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Rogers, Kevin H., editor.
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Sinclair, A. R. E. (Anthony Ronald Entrican), writer of supplementary textual content.
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Walker, B. H. (Brian Harrison), 1940- writer of supplementary textual content.
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| ISBN |
9781597262996 electronic book |
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1597262994 electronic book |
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9781559639828ü9781559639811 |
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