Megaherbivores

Name: Megaherbivores
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521426374
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The Influence of Very Large Body Size on Ecology

Autor: R. Norman Owen-Smith

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Oprawa: Miękka

Wydawca: Cambridge University Press

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The largest land mammals are constrained in their activities by their large body size, a theme that...

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Autor

R. Norman Owen-Smith

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Miękka

Data wydania

1992

strony

388

EAN

9780521426374

ISBN

0521426375

Enbook ID

02030492

Wydawca

Cambridge University Press

Waga

640

Wymiary

151 x 228 x 28

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The largest land mammals are constrained in their activities by their large body size, a theme that is emphasized in this account of their general ecology. The book begins by raising the question as to why these once abundant and widely distributed 'megaherbivores' - elephants, rhinos, hippos and giraffes - have all but gone extinct, and ends by considering the implications of the answer for the conservation of the remaining populations. Existing megaherbivores are placed in the context of the more numerous species which occurred worldwide until the end of the last Ice Age, and knowledge of the ecology of surviving species is used to analyse the cause of the extinctions. The information and ideas contained in this book are of crucial importance to all concerned with halting the rapidly worsening conservation status of remaining elephant and rhinoceros species, and carries a wider message for those concerned with the ramifying effects of man on ecosystem processes. Graduate students and research scientists in ecology, conservation biology and wildlife management will find this book of value.

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