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Format: 1 online resource (xiii, 369 pages) : , digital, PDF file(s).

ISBN: 9780511565441 (ebook)

Series Statement: Cambridge studies in ecology

Content: The largest land mammals are constrained in their activities by their large body size, a theme that is emphasized in this account of their general ecology. The book begins by raising the question as to why these once abundant and widely distributed 'megaherbivores' - elephants, rhinos, hippos and giraffes - have all but gone extinct, and ends by considering the implications of the answer for the conservation of the remaining populations. Existing megaherbivores are placed in the context of the more numerous species which occurred worldwide until the end of the last Ice Age, and knowledge of the ecology of surviving species is used to analyse the cause of the extinctions. The information and ideas contained in this book are of crucial importance to all concerned with halting the rapidly worsening conservation status of remaining elephant and rhinoceros species, and carries a wider message for those concerned with the ramifying effects of man on ecosystem processes. Graduate students and research scientists in ecology, conservation biology and wildlife management will find this book of value.

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). , Morphology, evolutionary history and recent distribution -- , Evolutionary origins and relationships -- , Paleontological diversity -- , Distribution of extant species -- , Food and other habitat resources -- , Food -- , Water and other habitat needs -- , Comparisons with smaller ungulates -- , Space--time patterns of habitat use -- , Temporal patterning of activities -- , Utilization of space -- , Comparisons with smaller ungulates -- , Body size and nutritional physiology -- , Metabolic requirements -- , Gut anatomy -- , Food intake and digestion -- , Body size and feeding ecology -- , Diet quality -- , Foraging time -- , Home range extent -- , Trophic ecology of megaherbivores: summary -- , Social organization and behavior -- , Group structure -- , Male dominance relations -- , Courtship and mating -- , Responses to predators -- , Comparisons with smaller ungulates -- , Life history -- , Infancy and juvenilehood -- , Adolescence and puberty -- , Reproduction by females -- , Reproduction by males -- , Mortality and lifespan -- , Comparisons with smaller ungulates -- , Body size and sociobiology -- , Grouping patterns -- , Male dominance systems -- , Female mate choice -- , Body size and reproductive patterns -- , Seasonality of reproduction -- , Age at first conception -- , Birth intervals -- , Maternal investment in reproduction -- , Offspring sex ratio -- , Demography -- , Population structure -- , Population growth -- , Population density and biomass -- , Comparisons with smaller ungulates -- , Community interactions -- , Impact on vegetation -- , Effects on other large herbivores.

Additional Edition: Print version: ISBN 9780521360203

Language: English

URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511565441

URL: Volltext

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Format: XIII, 369 S. , Ill., graph. Darst.

Edition: 1. publ.

ISBN: 052136020X

Series Statement: Cambridge studies in ecology

Note: Bibliography: p. [331] - 363 , Teilw. zugl.: Madison, Wis., Univ., Diss.

Language: English

Subjects: Biology

URL: Verlagsangaben

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Format: XV, 369 S , Ill

Edition: reprint

ISBN: 0521426375 , 052136020X

Series Statement: Cambridge studies in ecology

Language: Undetermined

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Format: XV, 369 Seiten : , Ill., graph. Darst.

Edition: 1. paperback ed

ISBN: 0-521-36020-X , 0-521-42637-5

Series Statement: Cambridge studies in ecology

Language: English

Keywords: Großwild ; Herbivoren ; Sozialverhalten ; Ökologie

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