Notice bibliographique
- Notice
Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Titre(s) : The ecology of browsing and grazing [Texte électronique] / I.J. Gordon, H.H.T. Prins, editors
Titre d'ensemble : Springer e-books
Publication : Berlin : Springer, cop. 2008
Description matérielle : 1 online resource (xv, 328 pages)
Collection : Ecological studies ; v. 195
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Extensive grazing and browsing by domestic and wild herbivores shape the vegetation
composition, structure and dynamics of many terrestrial ecosystems. This volume investigates
how large herbivores not only influence the structure and distribution of the vegetation,
but also affect nutrient flows and the responses of associated fauna. The mechanisms
and processes underlying the herbivores' behaviour, distribution, movement and direct
impact on the vegetation, and the dynamics of nutrients, plant species, and vegetation
composition in terrestrial ecosystems are discussed in detail. It is shown
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Gordon, Iain J.. Fonction indéterminée
Prins, Herbert H. T.. Fonction indéterminée
Sujet(s) : Broutement (zoologie) -- Écologie
Écologie des pâturages
Relations animal-plante
Herbivores -- Comportement animal
Agriculture
Sciences de la vie
Indice(s) Dewey :
591.54 (23e éd.) = Alimentation des herbivores
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9783540724223
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44695149r
Notice n° :
FRBNF44695149
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction : grazers and browsers in a changing world /Herbert H.T. Prins and Iain
J. Gordon ; An evolutionary history of browsing and grazing ungulates /Christine Janis
; The morphophysiological adaptations of browsing and grazing mammals /Marcus Clauss,
Thomas Kaiser, and Jürgen Hummel ; Nutritional ecology of grazing and browsing ruminants
/Alan J. Duncan and Dennis P. Poppi ; The comparative feeding behaviour of large browsing
and grazing herbivores /Kate R. Searle and Lisa A. Shipley ; The comparative population
dynamics of browsing and grazing ungulates /Norman Owen-Smith ; Species diversity
of browsing and grazing ungulates : consequences for the structure and abundance of
secondary production /Herbert H.T. Prins and Hervé Fritz ; Impacts of grazing and
browsing by large herbivores on soils and soil biological properties /Kathryn A. Harrison
and Richard D. Bardgett ; Plant traits, browsing and grazing herbivores, and vegetation
dynamics /Christina Skarpe and Alison Hester ; The imp