The Ecology of Browsing and Grazing

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gordon, Iain J. (Editor), Prins, Herbert H. T. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Ecological Studies, 195
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Ecology.; Forestry.; Plant science.; Botany.; Vertebrates.; Environmental management.; Life Sciences.; Environmental Management.; Plant Sciences.

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 an...