Ecological studies in southern Africa
Subtitle: Ed. by D. H. S. Davis; associate editors: Botha De Meillon [et al.]
Series: Monographiae biologicae -- v. 14
Publisher: Junk
Published: 1965
Place of publication: The Hague
Language: eng
Number of pages: 415
Subjects: Biology; Ecology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The pleistocene environment in Southern Africa  -- H.B.S. Cooke; title: Pollen analysis and its contribution to the palaeoecology of the pleistocene in Southern Africa  -- E.M. van Zinderen Bakker; title: The pleistocene mammals of Southern Africa  -- R.F. Ewer and H.B.S. Cooke; title: The ecology of the South African man-apes  -- R.A. Dart; title: Bushman hunter-gatherers : a study in human ecology  -- P.V. Tobias; title: Plant lore of the Bushmen  -- R. Story; title: Karoo vegetation in relation to the development of desert  -- J.P.H. Acocks; title: An experimental study of succession in the Transvaal highveld  -- R.L. Davidson; title: The fauna of the forest soil  -- R.F. Lawrence; title: The Australian acacias in South Africa  -- E.R. Roux; title: An ecological survey of the Great Berg River  -- A.D. Harrison; title: The origin and distribution of estuarine animals in South Africa  -- J.H. Day; title: Ecology of sand dunes with special reference to the insect communities -- E. McC. Callan; title: The eels of South African rivers and observation on their ecology  -- R.A. Jubb; title: The biotic divisions of Southern Africa, as shown by the amphibia  -- J.C. Poynton; title: The ecology of the ploceid weavers, widows and bishop-birds in the south-eastern Cape Province, South Africa  -- C.J. Skead; title: The migrations and local movements of some South African birds  -- J.M. Winterbottom; title: Population genetic studies in areas of overlap of two subspecies of Musca domestica L.  -- H.E. Paterson; title: Ecology of the red locust  -- D.F. Vesey-FitzGerald; title: Some major factors in the population dynamics of the brown locust Locustana pardalina (Walker)  -- A. Lea; title: Ecogeographical aspects of tick distribution  -- Gertrud Theiler; title: Ecology of wild rodent plague  -- D.H.S. Davis; title: Discontinuous distribution of the gerbil flea, Xenopsylla philoxera in Southern Africa  -- R. Rose Innes; title: Past climatic changes as biological isolating mechanisms in Southern Africa ; title: C.K. Brain & J. Meester; title: The oestroid flies of Africa south of the Sahara, their classification, biology and practical importance  -- F. Zumpt; title: The ecology of the intermediate hosts of bilharzia  -- G.H. Frank; title: The history of game preservation in South Africa  -- N.J. v. d. Merwe; title: The influence of veld burning on the vegetation and game of the Kruger National Park -- A.M. Brynard-- Gazetteer and index to place names.