Research Catalog

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Description

1. xiii, 369 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series statement

1. Cambridge studies in ecology

Uniform title

1. Cambridge studies in ecology.

Subject

1. Herbivores > Size
2. Herbivores > Ecology
3. Ungulates > Size
4. Ungulates > Ecology
5. Mammals > Size
6. Mammals > Ecology

Contents

1. Morphology, evolutionary history and recent distribution -- Evolutionary origins and relationships -- Paleontological diversity -- Distribution of extant species -- Food and other habitat resources -- Food -- Water and other habitat needs -- Comparisons with smaller ungulates -- Space--time patterns of habitat use -- Temporal patterning of activities -- Utilization of space -- Comparisons with smaller ungulates -- Body size and nutritional physiology -- Metabolic requirements -- Gut anatomy -- Food intake and digestion -- Body size and feeding ecology -- Diet quality -- Foraging time -- Home range extent -- Trophic ecology of megaherbivores: summary -- Social organization and behavior -- Group structure -- Male dominance relations -- Courtship and mating -- Responses to predators -- Comparisons with smaller ungulates -- Life history -- Infancy and juvenilehood -- Adolescence and puberty -- Reproduction by females -- Reproduction by males -- Mortality and lifespan -- Comparisons with smaller ungulates -- Body size and sociobiology -- Grouping patterns -- Male dominance systems -- Female mate choice -- Body size and reproductive patterns -- Seasonality of reproduction -- Age at first conception -- Birth intervals -- Maternal investment in reproduction -- Offspring sex ratio -- Demography -- Population structure -- Population growth -- Population density and biomass -- Comparisons with smaller ungulates -- Community interactions -- Impact on vegetation -- Effects on other large herbivores.

Call number

1. JSE 13-55

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-363) and index.

Author

1. Owen-Smith, R. Norman.

Title

1. Megaherbivores : the influence of very large body size on ecology / R. Norman Owen-Smith.

Imprint

1. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1988.

Series

1. Cambridge studies in ecology
2. Cambridge studies in ecology.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-363) and index.

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1. Publisher description
2. Table of contents
3. Table of contents

LCCN

1. 88006941

ISBN

1. 052136020X
2. 9780521360203
3. 0521426375 (pbk.)
4. 9780521426374 (pbk.)

Research call number

1. JSE 13-55