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Management Strategies for the Utilization of Southern African Savanna

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Ecology of Tropical Savannas

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 42))

Abstract

Savanna vegetation in southern Africa evolved in the presence of a sparse human population and multispecies populations of herbivores, which included grazing, browsing, rooting and debarking animals with a wide range of diet preferences and feeding patterns. From modern studies of wild herbivores and historical records it is clear that the types of animals present, the proportions of the different species, and the total herbivore biomass varied in different vegetation types and regions. Many species were migratory and patterns of movement were largely determined by changes in the amount and quality of the food supply, and, in the case of most species, supplies of drinking water.

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  1. CSIR, Cooperative Scientific Programmes, P.O. Box 395, 0001, Pretoria, South Africa

    Brian J. Huntley

  2. Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of the Witwatersrand, P.O. Box 1176, 2000, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Brian H. Walker

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Barnes, D.L. (1982). Management Strategies for the Utilization of Southern African Savanna. In: Huntley, B.J., Walker, B.H. (eds) Ecology of Tropical Savannas. Ecological Studies, vol 42. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68786-0_29

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