Author: Bryan Shorrocks
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: biology, series, habitats, savannahs, african
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2007-10-11
List price: $110.00
ISBN-10: 0198570651
ISBN-13: 9780198570653

Savannah habitats comprise an ecologically important but ultimately fragile ecosystem. They constitute one of the largest biomes on Earth, covering about twenty percent of the land surface, and can be simply described as tropical and subtropical grasslands with scattered bushes and trees. Most savannahs occur in Africa (with a smaller amount in South America, India and Australia), which is the region that this book concentrates on. Savannahs form a rich mosaic of diverse ecosystems, and The Biology of African Savannahs offers a concise but comprehensive introduction to their ecology. It descr