Large herbivore ecology, ecosystem dynamics and conservation
By: edited by Kjell Danell ... [et al.].
Contributors: Danell, Kjell.
Series: Conservation biology series (Cambridge, England) -- no. 11.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 506
Subjects: Herbivores -- Ecology; Herbivores -- Habitat -- Conservation; Herbivores -- Conservation; Herbivores -- Habitat
Description: "For the purposes of this book, we define large herbivores as even-toed (Artiodactyla) and odd-toed ungulates (Perissodactyla) over 5 kg, and elephants (Proboscidea)"--P. 2.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Large herbivores across biomes / Hervé Fritz and Anne Loison; title: Living in a seasonal environment / Jon Moen, Reidar Andersen, and Andrew Illius; title: Linking functional responses and foraging behaviour to population dynamics / Andrew W. Illius; title: Impacts of large herbivores on plant community structure and dynamics / Alison J. Hester ... [et al.]; title: Long-term effects of herbivory on plant diversity and functional types in arid ecosystems / David Ward; title: The influence of large herbivores on tree recruitment and forest dynamics / Robin Gill; title: Large herbivores : missing partners of western European light-demanding tree and shrub species? / Frans W.M. Vera, Elisabeth S. Bakker, and Han Olff; title: Frugivory in large mammalian herbivores / Richard Bodmer and David Ward; title: Large herbivores as sources of disturbance in ecosystems / N. Thompson Hobbs; title: The roles of large herbivores in ecosystem nutrient cycles / John Pastor, Yosef Cohen, and N. Thompson Hobbs; title: Large herbivores in heterogeneous grassland ecosystems / Douglas A. Frank; title: Modelling of large herbivore-vegetation interactions in a landscape context / Peter J. Weisberg, Michael B. Coughenour, and Harald Bugmann; title: Effects of large herbivores on other fauna / Otso Suominen and Kjell Danell; title: The future role of large carnivores in terrestrial trophic interactions : the northern temperate view / Reidar Andersen, John D.C. Linnell, and Erling J. Solberg; title: Restoring the functions of grazed ecosystems / Iain J. Gordon; title: Themes and future directions in herbivore-ecosystem interactions and conservation / John Pastor ... [et al.].