Author: S. de BiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animal ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
The wild fauna in Africa is a renewable resource and its overexploitation has led to the depletion of animal populations.
Wildlife Resources of the West African Savanna
Author: S. de BiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animal ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
The wild fauna in Africa is a renewable resource and its overexploitation has led to the depletion of animal populations.
Wildlife Resources of the West African Savanna
Author: S. de BiePublisher:
ISBN: 9789067541985
Category : Animal ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The wild fauna in Africa is a renewable resource and its overexploitation has led to the depletion of animal populations.
Managing the Dry African Savanna
Author: Promoting Partnerships
Author: Jo AbbotPublisher: IIED
ISBN: 1904035124
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Wildlife Management in Savannah Woodland
Author: S. S. AjayiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Population dynamics and monitoring; Wildlife inventory by remote sensing techniques; The concept and practice of ecological monitoring over large areas of land: the systematic reconnaissance flight (SRF); Large scale measurement of habitat structure and condition and its use in interpreting animal distribution; Matrix approach to population dynamics; A model for predicting age in ungulates; Predator-prey interactions: a case study in the Masai-Mara Game Reserves, Kenya; Sample drive count of larger mammals by means of systematic belt transects; Veterinary aspects of ecological monitoring; Distribution of wildlife in relation to the water-holes in Tsavo National Park (East), Kenya; Habitat utilization; Big game utilization of natural mineral licks; Habitat management for wildlife conservation with respect to fire, salt lick, and water regime; The nutritive value of browse and its importance in traditional pastoralism; Species preferences of domestic ruminants grazing Nigerian Savannah; The use of faecal analyses in studying food habits of west African ungulates; Habitat selection and economic importance of rodents in moor plantation, Ibadan, Nigeria; Body weight, diet and reproduction of rats and mice in the forest zones of south-western Nigeria; Some aspects of the physiology of the domesticated African giant rat; Fire: The implications of woodland burning for wildlife management; An appraisal of the savannah burning problem; Effects of burning treatments on the standing crop and litter depositin in the grassland savannah of the Kainji Lake National Park; The effects of burning and grazing on the productivity and numbers of plants in Rwenzori National Park, Uganda; Management, training and education; What is wildlife management?; Management planning and practice: case histories from Mali and Benin; An ecological management plant for the Kainji Lake National Park; Some problems encountered in the field study of the grasscutter (thryonomys swinderianus) population in Ghana; The role of the Department of Forest Resources Management, University of Ibadan, in reaching and research in wildlife management.
World Savannas
Author: Jayalaxshm MistryPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317880129
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
An interdisciplinary text on the world's savannas, covering the geography, ecology, economics and politics of savanna regions. Savannas are a distinct vegetation type, covering a third of the world's land surface area and supporting a fifth of the world's population. There has been a wide range of literature on the subject, but the majority of work has focused on the ecology or development of savanna areas, ignoring the wider interdisciplinary issues affecting contemporary savannas. World Savannas aims to buck this trend, providing students with an up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to the global importance of savannas.
Routledge Revivals: Wildlife Management in Savannah Woodland (1979)
Author: S.S. AjayiPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351259229
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Originally published in 1979, Wildlife Management in Savannah Woodland provides a multidisciplinary approach to the environment. Developed by local scientists with a deep knowledge and understanding of the local situation, the book provides a pragmatic and realistic approach to West African conditions.
Wildlife Review
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wildlife conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
Wildlife Conservation by Sustainable Use
Author: H.H.T PrinsPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 940114012X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
One of the major challenges of sustainable development is the interdisciplinary nature of the issues involved. To this end, a team of conservation biologists, hunters, tourist operators, ranchers, wildlife and land managers, ecologists, veterinarians and economists was convened to discuss whether wildlife outside protected areas in Africa can be conserved in the face of agricultural expansion and human population growth. They reached the unequivocal - if controversial - conclusion that wildlife can be an economic asset, especially in the African savannas, if this wildlife can be sustainably utilized through safari hunting and tourism. Using the African savannas as an example, Wildlife Conservation by Sustainable Use shows that in many instances sustainable wildlife utilization comprises an even better form of land use than livestock keeping. Even when population pressure is high, as in agricultural areas or in humid zones, and wild animal species can pose a serious cost to agriculture, these costs are mainly caused by small species with a low potential for safari hunting. Although ranching has a very low rate of return and is hardly ever profitable, the biggest obstacle to the model of sustainable wildlife use outlined in Wildlife Conservation by Sustainable Use is from unfair competition from the agricultural sector, such as subsidies and lack of taxation, resulting in market distortion for wildlife utilization. This book thus gives valuable evidence for a different way of working, providing arguments for removing such distortions and thereby facilitating financially sound land use and making it a rationally sound choice to conserve wildlife outside protected areas. The expert team of authors, most of whom came together at a workshop to thrash out the ideas that were then developed into the various chapters, has written a superb account of recent research on this complex subject, resulting in a book that is a major contribution to our understanding of sustainable use of land. The important conclusion is that wildlife conservation can be possible for landholders and local communities if they have a financial interest in protecting wildlife on their lands.
The SAGE Handbook of Biogeography
Author: Andrew MillingtonPublisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1446254453
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
A superb resource for understanding the diversity of the modern discipline of biogeography, and its history and future, especially within geography departments. I expect to refer to it often. - Professor Sally Horn, University of Tennessee "As you browse through this fine book you will be struck by the diverse topics that biogeographers investigate and the many research methods they use.... Biogeography is interdisciplinary, and a commonly-voiced concern is that one biogeographer may not readily understand another′s research findings. A handbook like this is important for synthesising, situating, explaining and evaluating a large literature, and pointing the reader to informative publications." - Geographical Research "A valuable contribution in both a research and teaching context. If you are biologically trained, it provides an extensive look into the geographical tradition of biogeography, covering some topics that may be less familiar to those with an evolution/ecology background. Alternatively, if you are a geography student, researcher, or lecturer, it will provide a useful reference and will be invaluable to the non-biogeographer who suddenly has the teaching of an introductory biogeography course thrust upon them." - Adam C. Algar, Frontiers of Biogeography The SAGE Handbook of Biogeography is a manual for scoping the past, present and future of biogeography that enable readers to consider, where relevant, how similar biogeographical issues are tackled by researchers in different ′schools′. In line with the concept of all SAGE Handbooks, this is a retrospective and prospective overview of biogeography that will: Consider the main areas of biogeography researched by geographers Detail a global perspective by incorporating the work of different schools of biogeographers Ecplore the divergent evolution of biogeography as a discipline and consider how this diversity can be harnessed Examine the interdisciplinary debates that biogeographers are contributing to within geography and the biological sciences. Aimed at an international audience of research students, academics, researchers and practitioners in biogeography, the text will attract interest from environmental scientists, ecologists, biologists and geographers alike.