Grazing Management
Grazing Management

Author: Rodney Keith Heitschmidt

Publisher: Timber Press (OR)

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13:

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An ecological perspective; Range animal nutrition; Foraging behavior; Developmental morphology and physiology of grasses; Ecosystem-level processes; Hydrology and erosion; Livestock production; Wildlife; Social and economic influences on grazing management; The decision-making environment and planning paradigm.

Kangaroos
Kangaroos

Author: Graeme Caughley

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1987-05-29

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 0521303443

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This book examines the ecology and management of kangaroos and shows how they interact with their own environment and with that shaped by sheep grazing and the wool industry. It presents the results of intensive and detailed studies of feeding behaviour, movement and habitat utilisation, body condition and population dynamics, weather and plant growth.

Risk, Environment and Modernity
Risk, Environment and Modernity

Author: Scott Lash

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 1996-01-31

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 1848609574

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This wide-ranging and accessible contribution to the study of risk, ecology and environment helps us to understand the politics of ecology and the place of social theory in making sense of environmental issues. The book provides insights into the complex dynamics of change in `risk societies′.

The Ecology of Browsing and Grazing
The Ecology of Browsing and Grazing

Author: Iain J. Gordon

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-09-14

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 3540724222

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This volume investigates how large herbivores not only influence the structure and distribution of the vegetation, but also affect nutrient flows and the responses of associated fauna. The mechanisms and processes underlying the herbivores' behavior, distribution, movement and direct impact on the vegetation are discussed in detail. It is shown that an understanding of plant/animal interactions can inform the management of large herbivores to integrate production and conservation in terrestrial systems.

A Plague of Sheep
A Plague of Sheep

Author: Elinor G. K. Melville

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1994-03-24

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 1139935933

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This is a book about the biological conquest of the New World. Taking as a case study the sixteenth-century history of a region of highland central Mexico, it shows how the environmental and social changes brought about by the introduction of Old World species aided European expansion. The book spells out in detail the environmental changes associated with the introduction of Old World grazing animals into New World ecosystems, demonstrates how these changes enabled the Spanish takeover of land, and explains how environmental changes shaped the colonial societies.