Ecology and Management of the African Buffalo

Herausgeber: Caron, Alexandre; Chardonnet, Philippe SSC Antelope Specialist Group); Prins, Herbert H. T.; Cornelis, Daniel and Foundation Francois Sommer

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book combines all the current knowledge about the African buffalo, its ecology and management. It provides an innovative way to look at a species from a conservation and sustainable use perspective that will benefit scholars, scientists and wildlife managers interested in the species.

Produktdetails

• Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 564
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 152mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 938g
• ISBN-13: 9781009009959
• ISBN-10: 1009009958
• Artikelnr.: 68463349

Inhaltsangabe

1. African buffalo and the human societies in Africa: social values and interaction outcomes B. Mukamuri
E. Wichatitsky
E. Gandiwa
A. Perrotton
O. L. Kupika and L. Monin; Part I. Conservation D. Cornélis: 2. The evolutionary history of the African buffalo: is it truly a Bovine? H. H. T. Prins
J. F. de Jong and D. Geraads; 3. Taxonomic status of the African buffalo J. Michaux
N. Smitz and P. Van Hooft; 4. Conservation status of the African buffalo: a continent-wide assessment D. Cornélis
P. C. Renaud
M. Melletti
D. Fonteyn
H. Bonhotal
M. Hauptfleisch
A. Asefa
T. Breuer
L. Korte
P. Scholte
P. Elkan
E. Kohi
S. Mwiu
S. Ngene
P. Omondi
S. P. Tadjo
T. Prin
A. Caron
H. H. T. Prins and P. Chardonnet; 5. Habitat
space use and feeding ecology of the African buffalo R. Taylor
E. Bennitt
R. Fynn
L. Korte
R. Naidoo
A.Roug and D. Cornélis; Part II. Ecology H. H. T. Prins: 6. African buffalo social dynamics: what is a buffalo herd? A. Caron
E. Bennitt
E. Wielgus
D. Cornélis
E. Miguel and M. de Garine-Wichatitsky; 7. Population dynamics of büalo: the effects of droughts and non-equilibrium dynamics J. W. Hearne
M. J. S. Peel and H. H. T. Prins; 8. The environments of the African buffalo
with different selection forces in different habitats H. H. T. Prins
J. Ottenburghs and P. Van Hooft; 9. Infections and Parasites of free-ranging African buffalo R. G. Bengis
F. Gakuya
M. Munyeme
S. D. Fekadu
R. A. Kock and P. Chardonnet; Part III. Diseases A. Caron: 10. Characterisation of buffalo/cattle interactions for assessing pathogen transmission A. Caron
F. Rumiano
E. Wielgus
E. Miguel
A. Tran
M. T. Bah
V. Grosbois and M. de Garine-Wichatitsky; 11. Host-Parasite interactions in African buffalo: a community-level perspective B. Beechler
E. Gorsich
C. Glidden
A. Jolles and V. O. Ezenwa; 12. African buffalo and colonial cattle: is 'systems change' the best future for farming and nature in Africa? R. A. Kock
R. G. Bengis
F. D. Shiferaw
F. Gakuya
D. Mdetele
H. H. T. Prins
A. Caron and M. Kock; Part IV. Management P. Chardonnet: 13. African buffalo production systems D. Furstenburg
E. Gandiwa
Pa. Oberem and Pe Oberem; 14. Management aspects of the captive-bred African buffalo (Syncerus Caffer) in South Africa L. Hoffman
C. Shepstone
K. Robertson and T. Tersia Needham; 15. Handling and moving the African buffalo M. La Grange
N. J. La Grange
J. Mostert
J. Mostert-La Grange
R. Hoare
M. Kock
I. Lekolool and P. Chardonnet; 16. Buffalo hunting: from a commodity to a high-value game species P. Chardonnet
R. Taylor
W. Crosmary
S. P. Tadjo
F. A. Ligate
R. Baldus
W. Siege and D. Cornélis; 17. Knowns and unknowns on African buffalo ecology and management H. H. T. Prins
D. Cornélis
A. Caron and P. Chardonnet; 18. Futures of the African buffalo A. Caron
R. Bourgeois
P. Chardonnet
D. Cornélis and H. H. T. Prins.