{"product_id":"elephants-and-savanna-woodland-ecosystems-9780470671764","title":"Elephants and Savanna Woodland Ecosystems","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the nineteenth century, ivory hunting caused a substantial decrease of elephant numbers in southern Africa. Soon after that, populations of many other large and medium-sized herbivores went into steep decline due to the rinderpest pandemic in the 1890s. These two events provided an opportunity for woodland establishment in areas previously intensively utilized by elephants and other herbivores. The return of elephants to currently protected areas of their former range has greatly influenced vegetation locally and the resulting potential negative effects on biodiversity are causing concern among stakeholders, managers, and scientists.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book focuses on the ecological effects of the increasing elephant population in northern Botswana, presenting the importance of the elephants for the heterogeneity of the system, and showing that elephant ecology involves much wider spatiotemporal scales than was previously thought. Drawing on the results of their research, the author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The volume points to the value of careful analysis of ecosystems whenever management policies are being developed: the authors present convincing evidence of elephants’ beneficial impacts to the Chobe ecosystem.”  (\u003ci\u003eThe Quarterly Review of Biology\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 December 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Contributors xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword xiii\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNorman Owen-Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Chobe Ecosystems 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Introduction 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristina Skarpe and Stein R. Moe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Chobe Environment 7\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristina Skarpe and Susan Ringrose\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Elephant-Mediated Ecosystem Processes in Kalahari-SandWoodlands 30\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohan T. du Toit, Stein R. Moe and Christina Skarpe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II The Substrate 41\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Historical Changes of Vegetation in the Chobe Area 43\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristina Skarpe, Håkan Hytteborn, Stein R. Moe and Per Arild Aarrestad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Vegetation: Between Soils and Herbivores 61\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePer Arild Aarrestad, Håkan Hytteborn, Gaseitsiwe Masunga and Christina Skarpe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III The Agent 89\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Guns, Ivory and Disease: Past Influences on the Present Status of Botswana’s Elephants and their Habitats 91\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark. E. Vandewalle and Kathy. A. Alexander\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The Chobe Elephants: One Species, Two Niches 104\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSigbjørn Stokke and Johan T. du Toit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Surface Water and Elephant Ecology: Lessons from a Waterhole-Driven Ecosystem, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe 118\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSimon Chamaillé-Jammes, Marion Valeix, Hillary Madzikanda and Hervé Fritz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Controllers 133\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Soil as Controller of and Responder to Elephant Activity 135\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristina Skarpe, Gaseitsiwe Masunga, Per Arild Aarrestad and Peter G.H. Frost\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Impala as Controllers of Elephant-Driven Change within a Savanna Ecosystem 154\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStein R. Moe, Lucas Rutina, HåkanHytteborn and Johan T. du Toit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Buffalo and Elephants: Competition and Facilitation in the Dry Season on the Chobe Floodplain 172\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDuncan J. Halley, Cyril Taolo and Stein R. Moe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Responders 187\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Plant–Herbivore Interactions 189\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristina Skarpe, Roger Bergström, Shimane Makhabu, Tuulikki Rooke, Håkan Hytteborn and Kjell Danell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Elephants and the Grazing and Browsing Guilds 207\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristina Skarpe, Stein R. Moe, MärthaWallgren and Sigbjørn Stokke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Cascading Effects on Smaller Mammals and Gallinaceous Birds of Elephant Impacts on Vegetation Structure 229\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSigbjørn Stokke, Sekgowa S. Motsumi,Thato B. Sejoe and Jon E. Swenson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. The Chobe Riverfront Lion Population: A Large Predator as Responder to Elephant-Induced Habitat Heterogeneity 251\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHarry P. Andreassen, Gosiame Neo-Mahupeleng, Øystein Flagstad and PerWegge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Elephants in Social-Ecological Systems 269\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Human Dimensions of Elephant Ecology 271\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEivin Røskaft, Thor Larsen, Rapelang Mojaphoko, A. H. M. Raihan Sarker and Craig Jackson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Elephants and Heterogeneity in Savanna Landscapes 289\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohan T. du Toit, Christina Skarpe and Stein R. Moe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 299\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525386477911,"sku":"9780470671764","price":82.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470671764.jpg?v=1731860319","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/elephants-and-savanna-woodland-ecosystems-9780470671764","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}