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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      March 2017
      March 2017
      ISBN:
      9781139382793
      9781107031760
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139382793
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.85kg, 450 Pages
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      • Series:
      Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
      Subjects:
      Life Sciences, Natural Resource Management, Agriculture, Horticulture and forestry, Ecology and Conservation
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    Series:
    Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
    Subjects:
    Life Sciences, Natural Resource Management, Agriculture, Horticulture and forestry, Ecology and Conservation
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    Centring on South Africa's Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, this book synthesizes a century of insights from the ecology and conservation management of one of Africa's oldest protected wildlife areas. The park provides important lessons for conservation management, as it has maintained conservation values rivalling those of much larger parks sometimes through, and sometimes despite, strong management interventions, including the rescue of the white rhino from extinction. In addition, the book highlights the ecological science produced in the park, much of which has become widely influential, including the megaherbivore concept, new functional approaches to understanding biomes, and new understandings about the role of consumers in shaping ecosystems. The volume is ideal for researchers and policymakers interested in the conservation of relatively small, isolated and protected areas.

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    '… contains a wealth of information on a particularly well-studied area, and the editors and authors are to be complimented in compiling this record. It presents much in the way of useful data, and interpretations of the significance of these data both for the science of ecology and the practice of ecosystem management. It is highly recommended for students, ecological researchers, managers of protected areas, historians, and anyone interested in ecosystem conservation.'

    Brian W. van Wilgen Source: African Journal of Range and Forage Science

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