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The Ecology of Large Herbivores in South and Southeast Asia

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Editors:
  1. Farshid S. Ahrestani

    1. Ecology, Evolution & env. Biology, Columbia University, New York, USA

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  2. Mahesh Sankaran

    1. Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

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  • The first book on large herbivore ecology in Asia
  • State-of-the-art reference guide for scientists, students and managers alike
  • Asia represents a new frontier in ecology and wildlife studies
  • Provides inspiring arguments for further research on large herbivores in Asia
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 225)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction: The Large Herbivores of South and Southeast Asia—A Prominent but Neglected Guild

    • Farshid S. Ahrestani, Mahesh Sankaran
    Pages 1-13

  3. Evolutionary History of the Large Herbivores of South and Southeast Asia (Indomalayan Realm)

    • Faysal Bibi, Grégoire Métais
    Pages 15-88

  4. Species Richness and Size Distribution of Large Herbivores in the Himalaya

    • Charudutt Mishra, Yash Veer Bhatnagar, Kulbhushansingh R. Suryawanshi
    Pages 89-97

  5. Grazing and Browsing by Large Herbivores in South and Southeast Asia

    • Farshid S. Ahrestani, Ignas M.A. Heitkönig, Hisashi Matsubayashi, Herbert H.T. Prins
    Pages 99-120

  6. Frugivory and Seed Dispersal by Large Herbivores of Asia

    • Sachin Sridhara, Kim McConkey, Soumya Prasad, Richard T. Corlett
    Pages 121-150

  7. Behavioural Ecology of a Grassland Antelope, the Blackbuck Antilope cervicapra: Linking Habitat, Ecology and Behaviour

    • Yadvendradev V. Jhala, Kavita Isvaran
    Pages 151-176

  8. Do Large Herbivores Influence Plant Allocation to Above- and Belowground Compartments?

    • Sumanta Bagchi
    Pages 177-185

  9. Grazing and Fire Effects on Community and Ecosystem Processes in a Tall-Grass Mesic Savanna Ecosystem in Southern India

    • Mahesh Sankaran
    Pages 187-205

  10. Density and Activity Patterns of the Globally Significant Large Herbivore Populations of Cambodia’s Eastern Plains Landscape

    • Thomas N. E. Gray, Sovanna Prum, Channa Phan
    Pages 207-222

  11. Persistence of Tropical Asian Ungulates in the Face of Hunting and Climate Change

    • Alys Granados, Jedediah F. Brodie
    Pages 223-235

  12. The Ecology of Large Herbivores of South and Southeast Asia: Synthesis and Future Directions

    • Mahesh Sankaran, Farshid S. Ahrestani
    Pages 237-249

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 251-257
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About this book

Large terrestrial mammalian herbivores play critical roles in ecosystems by acting as regulators of energy and nutrient cycles, modulators of plant community composition and grassland-woodland transitions, agents of seed dispersal, and as prey for large carnivores. Though large herbivores represent a prominent component of mammalian assemblages throughout South and Southeast Asia, little is known about their roles in ecosystems in the region. 
This volume presents, for the first time, a collection of studies on the ecology of the rich and diverse large herbivore assemblages of South and Southeast Asia. Prepared by experts on herbivores of the region, it covers a comprehensive range of topics, including their evolutionary history, behavioural, nutritional, and population ecology, patterns of diversity across environmental gradients, roles as seed dispersers and regulators of plant growth, community compositions, and their conservation in the face of hunting andglobal change.



Editors and Affiliations

  • Ecology, Evolution & env. Biology, Columbia University, New York, USA

    Farshid S. Ahrestani

  • Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

    Mahesh Sankaran

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Ecology of Large Herbivores in South and Southeast Asia

  • Editors: Farshid S. Ahrestani, Mahesh Sankaran

  • Series Title: Ecological Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7570-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-7568-7Published: 11 April 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-1384-7Published: 25 April 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-7570-0Published: 02 April 2016

  • Series ISSN: 0070-8356

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 257

  • Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations, 31 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Animal Ecology

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