Fragmentation in Semi-Arid and Arid Landscapes Consequences for Human and Natural Systems /

Exploring the concept of fragmentation, the ecological processes interrupted by fragmentation, and the social consequences of fragmented landscapes, this book presents a timely synthesis on the effects of fragmentation on arid and semi-arid pastoral systems throughout the world. The global significa...

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Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Galvin, Kathleen A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Reid, Robin S. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Jr, Roy H. Behnke (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Hobbs, N. Thompson (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • and Framework
  • Global Significance of Extensive Grazing Lands and Pastoral Societies: An Introduction
  • Fragmentation of Arid and Semi-Arid Ecosystems: Implications for People and Animals
  • Causes and Consequences of Herbivore Movement in Landscape Ecosystems
  • Case Studies
  • Changing Patterns of Land Use and Tenure in the Dalrymple Shire, Australia
  • From Fragmentation to Reaggregation of Rangelands in the Northern Great Plains, USA
  • Land Use, Fragmentation, and Impacts on Wildlife in Jackson Valley, Wyoming, USA
  • Ideology, Land Tenure and Livestock Mobility in Kazakhstan
  • Policy Changes in Mongolia: Implications for Land Use and Landscapes
  • Fragmentation of a Peri-Urban Savanna, Athi-Kaputiei Plains, Kenya
  • Processes of Fragmentation in the Amboseli Ecosystem, Southern Kajiado District, Kenya
  • Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania: Fragmentation of a Unique Region of the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem
  • North-West Province, South Africa: Communal and Commercial Livestock Systems in Transition
  • Issues Of Fragmentation And Complexity: A Synthetic Perspective
  • The Drivers of Fragmentation in Arid and Semi-Arid Landscapes
  • Comparing Landscape and Infrastructural Heterogeneity within and between Ecosystems
  • Responses of Pastoralists to Land Fragmentation: Social Capital, Connectivity and Resilience.