A unique monograph describing plant herbivore interactions in the context of large African herbivorous mammals.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Norman Owen-Smith is Research Professor in African Ecology and heads the Centre for African Ecology at the University of the Witwatersrand. He was awarded the Honorary Overseas Membership Award by the Ecological Society of America for his exceptional contribution to ecology. His previous book is Megaherbivores: The Influence of Very Large Body Size on Ecology (1988, 0521 36020X hardback and 0521 426375 paperback).
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Acknowledgements Acronym and symbol conventions 1. Conceptual origins: variability in time and space 2. Consumer-resource models: theory and formulation 3. Resource abundance: intake response and time frames 4. Resource distribution: patch scales and depletion 5. Resource quality: nutritional gain and diet choice 6. Resource constraints: physiological capacities and costs 7. Resource allocation: growth, storage and reproduction 8. Resource production: regeneration and attrition 9. Resource competition: exploitation and density dependence 10. Resource-dependent mortality: nutrition, predation and demography 11. Habitat suitability: resource components and stocking densities 12. Resource partitioning: competition and coexistence 13. Population dynamics: resource basis for instability 14. An adaptive resource ecology: foundation and prospects References Index.
Acknowledgements Acronym and symbol conventions 1. Conceptual origins: variability in time and space 2. Consumer-resource models: theory and formulation 3. Resource abundance: intake response and time frames 4. Resource distribution: patch scales and depletion 5. Resource quality: nutritional gain and diet choice 6. Resource constraints: physiological capacities and costs 7. Resource allocation: growth, storage and reproduction 8. Resource production: regeneration and attrition 9. Resource competition: exploitation and density dependence 10. Resource-dependent mortality: nutrition, predation and demography 11. Habitat suitability: resource components and stocking densities 12. Resource partitioning: competition and coexistence 13. Population dynamics: resource basis for instability 14. An adaptive resource ecology: foundation and prospects References Index.
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