Format:
Online-Ressource (XV, 328 p. 34 illus, digital)
ISBN:
9783540724223
Series Statement:
Ecological Studies 195
Content:
Extensive grazing and browsing by domestic and wild herbivores shape the vegetation composition, structure and dynamics of many terrestrial ecosystems. This volume investigates how large herbivores not only influence the structure and distribution of the vegetation, but also affect nutrient flows and the responses of associated fauna. The mechanisms and processes underlying the herbivores' behaviour, distribution, movement and direct impact on the vegetation, and the dynamics of nutrients, plant species, and vegetation composition in terrestrial ecosystems are discussed in detail. It is shown
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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CONTENTS; 1 Introduction: Grazers and Browsersin a Changing World; 2 An Evolutionary History of Browsingand Grazing Ungulates; 3 The Morphophysiological Adaptations of Browsingand Grazing Mammals; 4 Nutritional Ecology of Grazing and Browsing Ruminants; 5 The Comparative Feeding Bahaviour of Large Browsingand Grazing Herbivores; 6 The Comparative Population Dynamics of Browsingand Grazing Ungulates; 7 Species Diversity of Browsing and Grazing Ungulates:Consequences for the Structure and Abundanceof Secondary Production
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8 Impacts of Grazing and Browsing by Large Herbivoreson Soils and Soil Biological Properties9 Plant Traits, Browsing and Gazing Herbivores,and Vegetation Dynamics; 10 The Impact of Browsing and Grazing Herbivoreson Biodiversity; 11 Managing Large Herbivores in Theory and Practice: Is theGame the Same for Browsing and Grazing Species?; 12 Grazers and Browsers in a Changing World: Conclusions; Subject Index; Species Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783540724216
Additional Edition:
Buchausg. u.d.T. The ecology of browsing and grazing Berlin : Springer, 2008 ISBN 3540724214
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783540724216
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783642091483
Language:
English
Subjects:
Biology
Keywords:
Herbivoren
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Vegetation
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Ökosystem
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Herbivoren
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Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-540-72422-3
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