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The biology of African savannahs /
Savannahs are tropical and subtropical grasslands with bushes and trees, and comprise about 20% of the earth's land surface. This book looks at the major plants and animals that live in African savannahs, and details biological and ecological factors that influence their size, interactions and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Colección: | Biology of habitats.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Savannahs
- Distribution world-wide
- African savannahs
- 2. The vegetation
- Rainfall, plant biomass, and the grass-tree mixture
- Morphology and life history
- Grasses
- Trees
- Local vegetation patterns : the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem
- 3. The animals
- The insects
- The birds
- The mammals
- 4. Single species populations
- Estimating numbers
- What changes numbers?
- Population models
- Other species, in other areas
- 5. Species interactions
- Predator-prey type interaction (+
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- Competitive interactions (
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- Mutualistic interactions (+ +)
- 6. The savannah community and its conservation
- Energy flow and food webs
- Assembly rules
- Island biogeography
- Conserving savannah ecosystems
- References
- Index.