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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: William J. Bond (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 19.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 25.30cm Weight: 0.636kg ISBN: 9780198812456ISBN 10: 0198812450 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 21 August 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1: Introduction to open ecosystems: a global anomaly and a local example 2: The pattern of open ecosystems and the climates in which they occur 3: Uncertain ecosystems: the conceptual framework 4: The nature of open ecosystems 5: The origins of closed and open ecosystems: Fossils and phylogenies 6: Soils and open ecosystems 7: Fire and open ecosystems 8: Vertebrate herbivory and open ecosystems 9: The future of open ecosystemsReviews...its content is essential for any practitioner seeking a holistic understanding of African rangelands, and important policy issues are addressed. This book deserves to be read by anyone with an interest in open African ecosystems. * : Tim G O'Connor, SAEON, Hilton, South Africa, African Journal of Range & Forage Science * Author InformationWilliam Bond is an Emeritus Professor in Biological Sciences at the University of Cape Town. He served as Chief Scientist for the South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON) from 2014 to 2018. He is an ecologist with broad interests in the processes most strongly influencing vegetation change in the past and present, including fire, vertebrate herbivory, atmospheric CO2, and climate change. In addition, Professor Bond has worked on plant-animal mutualisms and on plant form and function. Particular research interests include grasslands and savannas, and winter-rainfall shrublands. He has served on the Boards of the South African National Botanical Institute and of Cape Nature and on the editorial boards of several journals. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed scientific publications and co-authored three books. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa and was made a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences in 2013. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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