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- Library Collection RecordThis book is the most up to date and thorough account of the natural history of the plants that comprise the most important food crop on Earth, the grasses and grasslands. Source: OCLC WorldCat (http…Publication Date 2009
- grasses
- grassland ecology
- grasslands
- Library Collection RecordNo abstract availablePublication Date 1968
- ecology
- fire
- grasslands
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordFeatures Discusses the history of the disconnect and methods of strengthening ties between wildlife research and management Examines the disconnect from an institutional perspective - including…Publication Date 2012
- management
- game
- ecosystem ecology
- grasslands
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordThis article is a world-wide overview of plant domestication and the origins of agriculture. It focuses on the archaeological record: the what, where, and when of these processes, with a brief…Publication Date 2008
- agriculture
- China
- crops
- domestication
- eastern North America
- Formative
- Maize (corn)
- Mesoamerica
- Near East
- Neolithic
- New Guinea
- Rice
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- South America
- Southeast Asia
- wheat
- palaeobotany
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe Late Pleistocene vertebrate record of Africa contributes to our understanding of human evolution and the development of modern biotic environments. This article explores this record, paying…Publication Date 2007
- Africa
- Ancient DNA
- Body size changes
- Bovids
- carnivores
- climate change
- Equids
- Extinctions
- Fossils
- Late Pleistocene
- Madagascar
- mammals
- Mid-Pleistocene
- Modern human origins
- Paleontology
- palaeobotany
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordCurrent knowledge of the vegetation response to climate changes in tropical Africa and particularly the reconstitution of stand dynamics is severely limited by the scarcity of long and complete, well…Publication Date 2007
- African Humid Period
- freshwater algae
- paleobiodiversity
- plant Migration
- palynology
- pollen
- tropical Africa
- palaeobotany
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordMixed farming (the ‘Iron Age’) was introduced to the summer rainfall areas of southern Africa early in the first millennium AD and did not evolve from the local Later Stone Age. In southern…Publication Date 2008
- Bantu-speakers
- Hunter-gatherers
- Indian Ocean trade
- [`]Iron Age'
- Mapungubwe
- mixed farming
- summer rainfall
- Zimbabwe culture
- palaeobotany
- southern Africa
- Library Collection Record
8 Savanna
Savannas are characterized by the coexistence of trees and grasses and occur largely in the seasonal tropics between the equatorial rainforests and mid-latitude desert ecosystems. This article…Publication Date 2008- climate change
- Deciduous
- Evergreen
- fire
- grazing
- herbivory
- phenology
- Seasonal tropics
- soils
- Tree and grass competition
- savanna
- ecology
- animal impact
- grasslands
- rainfall
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordSummary 10.1002/9780470698716.ch20.abs This chapter contains section titled: * Early Grassland Soils * How did Grasslands Arise? * Evolutionary ProcessesPublication Date 2008
- dry continental interiors
- advent of grasses
- urine-impregnated middens
- plant fossils
- ancient aridland ecosystems
- grasslands
- palaeobotany
- ecosystem ecology
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordSummary 10.1002/9780470609880.ch8.abs This chapter contains sections titled: * Introduction * Hominid Exploitation of Wetlands Environments and Resources * Early Hominins: Colonization of New…Publication Date 2010
- exploitation of wetlands environments and foods by pre-sapiens hominins
- early hominins - colonization of new environments
- preconditions for encephalization - physiological considerations
- palaeobotany
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordSummary Grasses are one of the great successes of evolution. They occur in nearly every habitat from impoverished Antarctic wastes to the lush tropics and are dominant over vast stretches of…Publication Date 2007
- fire ecology
- grasslands
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordA thorough understanding of the behavior of fire in grasslands is critical to the minimization of the impact of fires on agricultural and pastoral land as well as the successful management of the…Publication Date 2010
- fire
- grasslands
- management
- species richness
- climate change
- fire ecology
- agriculture
- pastoralism
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordNo Abstract available.Publication Date 2003
- grasslands
- management
- agriculture
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordSummary Grasslands are located in areas with precipitation ranging between 150 and 1200 mm yr-1 and temperature between 0 and 25 C (Lieth and Whittaker, 1975). Along a precipitation gradient, in…Publication Date 2001
- grasslands
- rainfall
- ecosystem ecology
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordNo Abstract available.Publication Date 2005
- grasslands
- soil
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordWoody plant encroachment has been widespread in grassland and savanna ecosystems over the past century. This phenomenon jeopardizes grassland biodiversity and threatens the sustainability of pastoral…Publication Date 2001
- grasslands
- soils
- indigenous encroaching species
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordSummary In this chapter, we discuss climatic fluctuations in northern and eastern Africa during the Holocene and in particular the middle Holocene. The major emphasis is on the Sahara and the…Publication Date 2007
- palaeobotany
- palaeoclimate
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe pollen record of the late Pleistocene in Africa is poorly resolved due to the paucity of sites combined with the fragmented nature of most sequences. A vegetation history of the continent can,…Publication Date 2007
- palynology
- Vegetation history
- Last Glacial Maximum
- Biomes
- Tropical rain forest
- savannas
- Arid and semiarid biomes
- Afromontane region
- Mediterranean climate regions
- climate change
- Refugium hypothesis
- palaeoecology
- palaeobotany
- palaeoclimate
- palaeoenvironmental data
- southern Africa
- Library Collection Record
19 Grasslands
Vegetation dominated by grasses, which is among the largest ecosystems in the world, has great environmental significance as well as providing feed for livestock and wildlife. Grassland types vary…Publication Date 2001- savannah
- steppe
- grasses
- herbivory
- grazing
- fire
- savanna
- grasslands
- disturbance
- livestock
- southern Africa