Elephants and savanna woodland ecosystems : a study from Chobe National Park, Botswana / (Record no. 207194)
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| Subject category code | SCI |
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| Classification number | 599.67096883 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Elephants and savanna woodland ecosystems : a study from Chobe National Park, Botswana / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | edited by Christina Skarpe, Johan T. du Toit and Stein R. Moe. |
| Medium | [electronic resource] |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Chichester, West Sussex ; |
| -- | Hoboken, NJ : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Wiley-Blackwell, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2014. |
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| Series statement | Conservation science and practice series ; |
| Volume/sequential designation | no. 14 |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Part I The Chobe Ecosystems; Chapter 1 Introduction; References; Chapter 2 The Chobe Environment; Geomorphology; Soils; Climate; Flora and vegetation in the Chobe savanna; The mammal community; Human impact; Closing remarks; References; Chapter 3 Elephant-Mediated Ecosystem Processes in Kalahari-Sand Woodlands; Large herbivore biomass density and the contribution of elephants; How can a dystrophic ecosystem support so many elephants?; An elephant ecosystem. |
| 505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Interactions between keystone and foundation species maintain regional biodiversityReferences; Part II The Substrate; Chapter 4 Historical Changes of Vegetation in the Chobe Area; Vegetation in the Chobe area before the decline in elephants; Elephants, germs, livestock and logging; Vegetation changes on the alluvium and on the sand; Elephants and the Chobe woodlands; References; Chapter 5 Vegetation: Between Soils and Herbivores; Habitat types; Plant communities, species diversity and structure of vegetation; Abiotic and biotic variables related to the present vegetation. |
| 505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Life-form and species distributionSeed-bank of woody species; Concluding remarks; References; Part III The Agent; Chapter 6 Guns, Ivory and Disease: Past Influences on the Present Status of Botswana's Elephants and their Habitats; Introduction; Pre- and post-colonial hunting of elephants in southern Africa; Disease and ecological transformation: the rinderpest panzootic arrives in 1896; Recovery of Botswana's elephant population in the 20th century; Overview; References; Chapter 7 The Chobe Elephants: One Species, Two Niches; Sexual size-dimorphism and social organization. |
| 505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Sex differences in the use of plant partsBrowsing height stratification; Sex differences in the use of food patches; Sexual segregation at the habitat scale; Implications for management and further research; References; Chapter 8 Surface Water and Elephant Ecology: Lessons from a Waterhole-Driven Ecosystem, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe; A brief description of Hwange National Park; Movement patterns reveal the dry-season trade-off between foraging and drinking; Evidence that water defines key-resource areas: population-level processes; Beyond water, habitats and social interactions. |
| 505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Surface-water driven management of elephants and savanna ecosystemsAcknowledgements; References; Part IV Controllers; Chapter 9 Soil as Controller of and Responder to Elephant Activity; The soils; Soil as a controller of elephant activities and impact; Soil controls the vegetation; Mammal communities and soil; Soil as a responder to elephant activities; Large herbivores and fire; References; Chapter 10 Impala as Controllers of Elephant-Driven Change within a Savanna Ecosystem; Introduction; Impala and seedlings; Seedling predation across eastern and southern African. |
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| Source of description note | Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Elephants |
| Geographic subdivision | Botswana |
| -- | Chobe National Park. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Grassland ecology |
| Geographic subdivision | Botswana |
| -- | Chobe National Park. |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Chobe national park (Botswana) |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Elephants |
| Geographic subdivision | Botswana |
| General subdivision | Chobe national park. |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Grassland ecology |
| Geographic subdivision | Botswana |
| General subdivision | Chobe national park. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | NATURE |
| General subdivision | Animals |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Elephants. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Grassland ecology. |
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| Geographic name | Chobe National Park (Botswana) |
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| Geographic name | Botswana |
| Geographic subdivision | Chobe National Park. |
| Source of heading or term | fast |
| Authority record control number | (OCoLC)fst01249014 |
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| Personal name | Skarpe, Christina, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1946- |
| Relator term | editor. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Du Toit, Johan T., |
| Relator term | editor. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Moe, Stein R., |
| Dates associated with a name | 1960- |
| Relator term | editor. |
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| Relationship information | Print version: |
| Title | Elephants and savanna woodland ecosystems. |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2014 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780470671764 |
| Record control number | (DLC) 2013046029 |
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| Uniform title | Conservation science and practice series ; |
| Volume number/sequential designation | no. 14. |
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