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The Ecology of Browsing and Grazing / edited by Iain J. Gordon, Herbert H. T. Prins

Gordon, Iain J. ; Prins, Herbert H. T. *1953-*

Englisch

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2008

Online-Ressource (XV, 328 p. 34 illus, digital)

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Buchausg. u.d.T.: Gordon, Iain J.: The ecology of browsing and grazing. - Berlin : Springer, 2008. - XV, 328 S.

978-3-540-72422-3

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-3-540-72421-6 (Druckausgabe)

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-72422-3

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

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

*Herbivoren / Vegetation / Ökosystem

*Herbivoren

*Life sciences ; Agriculture ; Ecology ; Forests and forestry ; Botany ; Vertebrates ; Environmental management ; Life Sciences ; Ecology ; Forests and forestry ; Vertebrates ; Life Sciences ; Botany ; Agriculture ; Environmental management

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: QH540-549.5 ; SF85

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 577; ; 591.5/4;

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 599.6154 ; 599.6174

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: WI 1300: W Biologie / WI Ökologie / Serien und Fortschrittsberichte

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: WI 5850: W Biologie / WI Ökologie / WI 5150-WI 5980 Ökologie und Biologie verschiedener Ökosysteme / WI 5800 Kulturlandschaften allgemein / Dauergrünland, Wiesen

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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

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