06270cam a2200889 i 4500 ocn868150635 OCoLC 20171031125721.0 m o d cr ||||||||||| 140113s2014 enk ob 001 0 eng 2014001119 9781118858585 (ePub) 1118858581 (ePub) 9781118858592 (Adobe PDF) 111885859X (Adobe PDF) 9781118858615 (electronic bk.) 1118858611 (electronic bk.) 1306639646 9781306639644 0470671769 9780470671764 9780470671764 (cloth) CHBIS 010259554 CHVBK 325942595 DEBSZ 405713606 DEBSZ 425888029 DEBSZ 431668353 DEBSZ 443426368 DEBSZ 449423999 GBVCP 81406793X NZ1 15906738 DEBBG BV043396465 (OCoLC)868150635 (OCoLC)876512960 (OCoLC)960200401 (OCoLC)961620236 (OCoLC)962636326 DLC eng rda pn DLC YDX N$T DG1 E7B CUI YDXCP OCLCF IUL OCLCO EBLCP IDEBK DEBSZ CDX RECBK COO OCLCQ OCLCO ORU DEBBG LOA pcc f-bs--- MAIN QL737.P98 NAT 019000 bisacsh SCI 070030 bisacsh 599.67096883 23 Elephants and savanna woodland ecosystems : a study from Chobe National Park, Botswana / edited by Christina Skarpe, Johan T. du Toit and Stein R. Moe. [electronic resource] Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2014. 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer n rdamedia online resource nc rdacarrier Conservation science and practice series ; no. 14 Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. Elephants Botswana Chobe National Park. Grassland ecology Botswana Chobe National Park. Chobe national park (Botswana) Elephants Botswana Chobe national park. Grassland ecology Botswana Chobe national park. NATURE Animals Mammals. bisacsh SCIENCE Life Sciences Zoology Mammals. bisacsh Elephants. fast (OCoLC)fst00908011 Grassland ecology. fast (OCoLC)fst00946801 Chobe National Park (Botswana) Botswana Chobe National Park. fast (OCoLC)fst01249014 Electronic books. Electronic books. Skarpe, Christina, 1946- editor. Du Toit, Johan T., editor. Moe, Stein R., 1960- editor. Print version: Elephants and savanna woodland ecosystems. Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2014 9780470671764 (DLC) 2013046029 Conservation science and practice series ; no. 14. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118858615 Wiley Online Library ddc BK 207194 207194