03518nam 2200529 450 991079704780332120230617025753.01-59726-299-4(CKB)3710000000387213(SSID)ssj0001688580(PQKBManifestationID)16531228(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001688580(PQKBWorkID)15057973(PQKB)10836796(MiAaPQ)EBC6531202(Au-PeEL)EBL6531202(OCoLC)1244625107(EXLCZ)99371000000038721320220530d2003 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrThe Kruger experience ecology and management of savanna heterogeneity /edited by Johan du Toit [and five others]Washington, DC :Island Press,[2003]©20031 online resource (537 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-55963-981-4 Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Part 1: The Historical and Conceptual Framework -- Chapter 1: The Kruger National Park: A Century of Management and Research -- Chapter 2: Biotic and Abiotic Variability as Key Determinants of Savanna Heterogeneity at Multiple Spatiotemporal Scales -- Chapter 3: Adopting a Heterogeneity Paradigm: Implications for Management of Protected Savannas -- Chapter 4: An Adaptive System to Link Science, Monitoring, and Management in Practice -- Part II: A Template for Savanna Heterogeneity -- Chapter 5: The Abiotic Template and Its Associated Vegetation Pattern -- Chapter 6: Biogeochemistry: The Cycling of Elements -- Chapter 7: Fire as a Driver of Ecosystem Variability -- Chapter 8: Surface Water Availability: Implications for Heterogeneity and Ecosystem Processes -- Chapter 9: River Heterogeneity: Ecosystem Structure, Function, and Management -- Part III: Interactions between Biotic Components -- Chapter 10: Interactions between Species and Ecosystem Characteristics -- Chapter 11: Vegetation Dynamics in the Kruger Ecosystem -- Chapter 12: Insects and Savanna Heterogeneity -- Chapter 13: Birds: Responders and Contributors to Savanna Heterogeneity -- Chapter 14: Large Herbivores and Savanna Heterogeneity -- Chapter 15: Rainfall Influences on Ungulate Population Dynamics -- Chapter 16: Kruger's Elephant Population: Its Size and Consequences for Ecosystem Heterogeneity -- Chapter 17: Wildlife Diseases and Veterinary Controls: A Savanna Ecosystem Perspective -- Chapter 18: Large Carnivores and Savanna Heterogeneity -- Part IV: Humans and Savannas -- Chapter 19: Anthropogenic Influences at the Ecosystem Level -- Chapter 20: Beyond the Fence: People and the Lowveld Landscape -- Chapter 21: Heterogeneity and Management of the Lowveld Rivers.Chapter 22: Integration of Science: Successes, Challenges, and the Future -- Chaper 23: Reflections on the Kruger Experience and Reaching Forward -- Contributors -- Index.Ecological heterogeneityEcosystem managementSavanna ecologyEcological heterogeneity.Ecosystem management.Savanna ecology.577Du Toit JohanMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797047803321The Kruger experience3739429UNINA