The Ecology of Large Herbivores in South and Southeast Asia

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Ahrestani, Farshid S. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Sankaran, Mahesh (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Σειρά: Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 225
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Animal ecology.; Life Sciences.; Animal Ecology.

This book presents, for the first time, a collection of studies on the ecology of the rich and diverse large herbivore assemblages of South and Southeast Asia. Written by experts on herbivores of the region, it covers a comprehensive range of topics, including their evolutionary history, behaviour,...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The large herbivores of South and Southeast Asia: A prominent but neglected guild
• Evolutionary History of the Large Herbivores of South and Southeast Asia (Indomalayan Realm)
• Species richness and size distribution of large herbivores in the Himalaya
• The ecology of large herbivore browsers and grazers in tropical Asia
• Frugivory and seed dispersal by large herbivores of Asia
• Behavioural ecology of a grassland antelope, the blackbuck Antilope cervicapra: linking habitat, ecology and behaviour
• Do large herbivores influence plant allocation to above- and below-ground compartments?
• Grazing and fire effects on community and ecosystem processes in a savanna grassland ecosystem
• Density and activity patterns of the globally significant large herbivore populations of Cambodia’s Eastern Plains Landscape
• Persistence of tropical Asian ungulates in the face of hunting and climate change
• The ecology of large herbivores of South and Southeast Asia: Synthesis and future directions.