World Savannas: Ecology and Human UseAn 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. |
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| 1951 | |
The cerrado of Brazil | 1982 |
The llanos | 1731 |
The savannas of East Africa | 1813 |
The savannas of southern Africa | 1843 |
The miombo of central Africa | 1871 |
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Aboriginal Acacia agricultural animals annual areas Australian savannas Barabaig Belsky biomass Brachystegia Brasilia Brazil broad-leaved savanna burning canopy cerrado Chidumayo climate colonisation communities conservation Coutinho crops deciduous dipterocarp dominated drought dry season dynamics East African savannas ecology and management ecosystem effects of fire elephants Eucalyptus example fertile Figure fine-leaved savanna fire regimes fuel grassland grazing growth habitat herbaceous herbivores hunting increase Journal of Ecology Julbernardia Kakadu Kakadu National Park Kenya land tenure leaf livestock llanos Maasai mammals McNaughton miombo woodland moisture National Park nitrogen nutrients Nylsvley Oecologia Oehna pastoralism pastoralists patches phenological Plant-available population production programmes rainfall Research São Paulo Sarmiento savanna ecology savanna forest savanna regions savanna trees seedlings seeds Serengeti Serengeti National Park Silva soil South Africa southern African savannas Stott Tanzania temperatures termites Thailand tourism Trachypogon tropical savannas types vegetation wet season wildlife woody plants woody species Zambia Zimbabwe