Keywords:
Savanna ecology-Africa.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
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.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (262 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781351259231
Series Statement:
Routledge Revivals Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=5389223
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Section 1. Population Dynamics and Monitoring -- 1. Wildlife inventory by remote sensing techniques -- 2. The concept and practice of ecological monitoring over large areas of land: The systematic reconnaissance flight (SRF) -- 3. Large scale measurement of habitat structure and condition and its use in interpreting animal distribution -- 4. Matrix approach to population dynamics -- 5. A model for predicting age in ungulates -- 6. Predator-prey interactions: a case study in the Masai-Mara Game Reserves, Kenya -- 7. Sample drive count of larger mammals by means of systematic belt transects -- 8. Veterinary aspects of ecological monitoring -- 9. Distribution of wildlife in relation to the water-holes in Tsavo National Park (East), Kenya -- Section 2. Habitat Utilization -- 10. Big game utilization of natural mineral licks -- 11. Habitat management for wildlife conservation with respect to fire, salt lick, and water regime -- 12. The nutritive value of browse and its importance in traditional pastoralism -- 13. Species preferences of domestic ruminants grazing Nigerian Savannah -- 14. The use of faecal analyses in studying food habits of West African ungulates -- 15. Habitat selection and economic importance of rodents in Moor Plantation, Ibadan, Nigeria -- 16. Body weight, diet and reproduction of rats and mice in the forest zones of south-western Nigeria -- 17. Some aspects of the physiology of the domesticated African giant rat -- Section 3. Fire -- 18. The implications of woodland burning for wildlife management -- 19. An appraisal of the savannah burning problem -- 20. Effects of burning treatments on the standing crop and litter deposit in the grassland savannah of the Kainji Lake National Park.
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21. The effects of burning and grazing on the productivity and numbers of plants in Rwenzori National Park, Uganda -- Section 4. Management, Training and Education -- 22. What is wildlife management? -- 23. Management planning and practice: case histories from Mali and Benin -- 24. An ecological management plan for the Kainji Lake National Park -- 25. Some problems encountered in the field study of the grasscutter (thryonomys swinderianus) population in Ghana -- 26. The role of the Department of Forest Resources Management, University of Ibadan, in reaching and research in wildlife management -- List of participants -- Index.
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