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The Ecology of Large Herbivores in South and Southeast Asia

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,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Ahrestani, Farshid (Editor ), Sankaran, Mahesh (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 225
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.