Large Herbivore Ecology, Ecosystem Dynamics and Conservation (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Danell, Kjell

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Most large herbivores require some type of management within their habitats. Some populations of large herbivores are at the brink of extinction, some are under discussion for reintroduction, whilst others already occur in dense populations causing conflicts with other land use. Large herbivores are the major drivers for forming the shape and function of terrestrial ecosystems. This 2006 book addresses the scientifically based action plans to manage both the large herbivore populations and their habitats worldwide. It covers the processes by which large herbivores not only affect their environment (e.g. grazing) but are affected by it (e.g. nutrient cycling) and the management strategies required. Also discussed are new modeling techniques, which help assess integration processes in a landscape context, as well as assessing the consequences of new developments in the processes of conservation. This book will be essential reading for all involved in the management of both large herbivores and natural resources.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511217548
• Artikelnr.: 38203206

Autorenporträt

Kjell Danell is Professor of Animal Ecology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. His main research interests are basic and applied plant-animal interactions, community ecology, invasive species and macroecology.
Roger Bergström is Associate Professor at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
Patrick Duncan is Director of the UPR 1934, Center of Biological Studies of Chizé, CNRS.
John Pastor is Professor and Senior Research Associate at the Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Introduction; 1. Large herbivores across biomes Hervé Fritz and
Anne Loison; 2. Living in a seasonal environment Jon Moen, Reidar Andersen
and Andrew W. Illius; 3. Linking functional responses and foraging
behaviour to population dynamics Andrew W. Illius; 4. Impacts of large
herbivores on plant community structure and dynamics Alison J. Hester,
Margareta Bergman, Glenn R. Iason and Jon Moen; 5. Long-term effects of
herbivory on plant diversity and functional types in arid ecosystems David
Ward; 6. The influence of large herbivores on tree recruitment and forest
dynamics Robin Gill; 7. Large herbivores: missing partners of
western-European light-demanding tree and shrub species? Frans W. M. Vera,
Elisabeth S. Bakker and Han Olff; 8. Frugivory in large mammalian
herbivores Richard Bodmer and David Ward; 9. Large herbivores as sources of
disturbance in ecosystems N. Thompson Hobbs; 10. The roles of large
herbivores in ecosystem nutrient cycles John P. Pastor, Yosef Cohen and N.
Thompson Hobbs; 11. Large herbivores in heterogeneous grassland ecosystems
Douglas A. Frank; 12. Modelling of large herbivore - vegetation
interactions in a landscape context Peter J. Weisberg, Michael B.
Coughenour and Harald Bugmann; 13. Effects of large herbivores on other
fauna Otso Suominen and Kjell Danell; 14. The future role of large
carnivores on terrestrial trophic interactions: the northern temperate view
Reidar Andersen, John D. C. Linnell and Erling J. Solberg; 15. Restoring
the functions of grazed ecosystems Ian J. Gordon; 16. Themes and future
directions in herbivore-ecosystem interactions and conservation John
Pastor, Kjell Danell, Roger Bergström and Patrick Duncan; References;
Index.