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Title:

Conserving Africa's mega-diversity in the Anthropocene : the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park story / edited by Joris P.G.M. Cromsigt (Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umea, Sweden ; Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Department of Zoology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa), Sally Archibald (School of Animal, Plant, and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa), Norman Owen-Smith (School of Animal, Plant, and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa).

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xxxvi, 406 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park (South Africa)
Wildlife conservation--South Africa.
Animal diversity conservation--South Africa.
Ecosystem management--South Africa.
Protected areas--South Africa.
Ecology--Africa.
Ecology.
Africa.

Other Authors:

Cromsigt, Joris P. G. M., editor.
Archibald, Sally, 1976- editor.
Owen-Smith, R. Norman, editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

List of contributors -- Foreword / by Dr. M.D. Mabunda, CEO of Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife -- Preface -- Further details on Zulu place names in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park / by Jim M. Feely -- Acknowledgements -- Preamble -- Map of Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park -- Part I. Setting the scene. 1. Anthropogenic influences in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park : from early times to recent management / Mariska te Beest, Norman Owen-Smith, Roger Porter, and Jim M. Feely ; 2. The abiotic template for the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park's landscape heterogeneity / Ruth A. Howison, Han Olff, Norman Owen-Smith, Joris P.G.M. Cromsigt, and Sally Archibald ; 3. Long-term vegetation dynamics within the Hluhluwe iMfolozi Park / A. Carla Staver, Heath Beckett, and Jan A. Graf ; 4. Temporal changes in the large herbivore fauna of Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park / Elizabeth le Roux, Geoff Clinning, Dave J. Druce, Norman Owen-Smith, Jan A. Graf, and Joris P.G.M. Cromsigt -- Part II. Theoretical advances in savanna ecology. 5. Megaherbivores, competition and coexistence within the large herbivore guild / Norman Owen-Smith, Joris P.G.M. Cromsigt, and Randal Arsenault ; 6. The functional ecology of grazing lawns : how grazers, termites, people, and fire shape HiP's savanna grassland mosaic / Joris P.G.M. Cromsigt, Michiel P. Veldhuis, William D. Stock, Elizabeth le Roux, Cleo M. Gosling, and Sally Archibald ; 7. Demographic bottlenecks and savanna tree abundance / William J. Bond, A. Carla Staver, Michael D. Cramer, Julia L. Wakeling, Jeremy J. Midgley, and Dave A. Balfour ; 8. Woody plant traits and life-history strategies across disturbance gradients and biome boundaries in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park / Laurence M. Kruger, Tristan Charles-Dominique, William J. Bond, Jeremy J. Midgley, Dave A. Balfour, and Abednig Mkhwanazi ; 9. Contributions of smaller fauna to ecological processes and biodiversity / Norman Owen-Smith, Cleo M. Gosling, Nicole Hagenah, Marcus J. Byrne, and Catherine L. Parr ; 10. Interactions between fire and ecosystem processes / Sally Archibald, Heath Beckett, William J. Bond, Corli Coetsee, Dave J. Druce, and A. Carla Staver -- Part III. Where science and conservation management meet. 11. Rhino management challenges : spatial and social ecology for habitat and population management / Wayne L. Linklater and Adrian M. Shrader ; 12. Reassembly of the large predator guild into Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park / Michael J. Somers, Penny A. Becker, Dave J. Druce, Jan A. Graf, Micaela Szykman Gunther, David G. Marneweck, Martina Trinkel, Marcos Moleon, and Matt W. Hayward ; 13. Wildlife disease dynamics in carnivore and herbivore hosts in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park / Anna E. Jolles, Nicki Le Roex, Gabriella Flacke, David Cooper, Claire Geoghegan, and Michael J. Somers ; 14. Elephant management in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park / Dave J. Druce, Heleen Druce, Mariska te Beest, Joris P.G.M. Cromsigt, and Susan Janse van Rensburg ; 15. Successful control of the invasive shrub Chromolaena odorata in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park / Mariska te Beest, Owen Howison, Ruth A. Howison, L. Alexander Dew, Mandisa Mgobozi Poswa, Lihle Dumalisile, Susan Janse van Rensburg, and Colette Terblanche ; 16. Conserving Africa's mega-diversity in the Anthropocene : the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park story / Joris P.G.M. Cromsigt, Sally Archibald, and Norman Owen-Smith -- Index.

Series:

Ecology, biodiversity and conservation

ISBN:

1107031761
9781107031760
9781107627994
1107627990

OCLC:

(OCoLC)965756278

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)