The ecology of large herbivores in South and Southeast Asia [electronic resource] / Farshid S. Ahrestani, Mahesh Sankaran, editors.
Ahrestani, Farshid S. editor.; Sankaran, Mahesh, editor.
2016
QH193.S59
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Title
The ecology of large herbivores in South and Southeast Asia [electronic resource] / Farshid S. Ahrestani, Mahesh Sankaran, editors.
ISBN
9789401775700 (electronic book)
9401775702 (electronic book)
9789401775687
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7570-0
Published
Dordrecht : Springer, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (viii, 257 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-94-017-7570-0 doi
Call Number
QH193.S59
Dewey Decimal Classification
519.5/40954
Summary
This book presents, for the first time, a collection of studies on the ecology of the rich and diverse large herbivore assemblages of South and Southeast Asia. Written by experts on herbivores of the region, it covers a comprehensive range of topics, including their evolutionary history, behaviour, nutrition, population ecology, patterns of diversity across environmental gradients, roles as seed dispersers and regulators of plant growth and community composition, and their conservation in the face of hunting and global change. Large terrestrial mammalian herbivores play critical roles in ecosystems, serving as regulators of energy and nutrient cycles, modulators of plant community composition and grassland-woodland transitions, agents of seed dispersal, and as prey for large carnivores. Though large herbivores represent a prominent component of mammalian assemblages throughout South and Southeast Asia, today little is known about their roles in the regions' ecosystems.div>.
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Includes indexes.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 5, 2016).
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Ahrestani, Farshid S. editor.
Sankaran, Mahesh, editor.
Series
Ecological studies ; v. 225.
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