1st Edition

World Savannas Ecology and Human Use

By Jayalaxshm Mistry, Andrea Beradi Copyright 2000
352 Pages
by Routledge

104 Pages
by Routledge

352 Pages
by Routledge

An interdisciplinary text on the world's savannas, covering the geography, ecology, economics and politics of savanna regions. Savannas are a distinct vegetation type, covering a third of the world's land surface area and supporting a fifth of the world's population. There has been a wide range of literature on the subject, but the majority of work has focused on the ecology or development of... Read more
1. Defining Savannas 2. Cerrado of Brazil 3. Llanos and Savannas of the Caribbean 4. Savannas of Texas and Louisiana 5. Savannas of East Africa 6. Savannas of West Africa 7. Savannas of Southern Africa 8. Savannas of Asia 9. Savannas of Australia 10. Savanna Management 11. Future Trends

Biography

Jayalaxshmi Mistry