Book Description
Introduces the geography, plants, animals, and people of the African grasslands.
Author : William B. Rice
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,97 MB
Release : 2012-01-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781433336706
Introduces the geography, plants, animals, and people of the African grasslands.
Author : Marianne Berkes
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 40,26 MB
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1584695706
Learning is fun while discovering one of the most beautiful ecosystems in the world! Begin to appreciate the adorable baby animals in and around the grasslands like zebras that gallop, hippos that graze, and mearkats that watch. Explore the world around you, and inspire a bond with nature through curiosity and wonder! Parents, teachers and gift givers will find: a book filled with baby animals from the grasslands habitat. educational backmatter about this habitat and the animals that live there. a nature book to explore new and beautiful habitats! The creative art will inspire many projects at home and at school! Kids will explore the grasslands habitat and learn about baby animals like giraffes, hippos, and more creatures around the grasslands habitat in this bestselling book for young explorers!
Author : Lucía M. Sánchez
Publisher :
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 43,97 MB
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Grassland ecology
ISBN : 9781614062363
A book about the grasslands of Southern Africa..
Author : Bobbie Kalman
Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 10,74 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780778729525
The grasslands of Africa are home to some of the most interesting plants and animals. This book features animals that graze on the grasses, how they hunt, as well as how animals find food, water, and shelter on the savanna.
Author : Michael Allaby
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 29,32 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1438100620
Describes the grassland biome, including climate, geology, geography and biodiversity.
Author : Peter A. Furley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 33,97 MB
Release : 2016-06-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 0191026751
Savannas form one of the largest and most important of the world's ecological zones. Covering one fifth of the Earth's land surface, they are home to some of the world's most iconic animals and form an extremely important global resource for plants and wildlife. However, increasing recognition of their land potential means that they are extremely vulnerable to accelerating pressures on usable land. This Very Short Introduction considers savannas as landscapes. Discussing their origin, topography, and global distribution, Peter A. Furley explores the dynamic nature of savannas and illustrates how they have shaped human evolution and movements. He goes on to discuss the unrelenting pressures that confront conservation and management and considers the future for savannas. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 35,97 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251053379
This book brings together information on the contrasting characteristics, condition, present use and problems of the world's main natural grasslands. Since grassland is commercialized through the grazing animal, particular attention is paid to the livestock production systems associated with each main type. Grazing resources are more than simply edible herbage: many other factors have to be taken into account, notably water in all areas, and shelter in winter-cold climates. Seasonality of forage supply is a characteristic of almost all grazing lands, so the strategies for dealing with lean seasons are described. The main problems of each type are mentioned and possible strategies for their sustainable management discussed - taking into account their multiple functions, not only livestock production. The book is primarily aimed at agricultural scientists, educationalists, extensionists and decision-makers with interests in responsible use of extensive grasslands.
Author : R. J. Scholes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 21,28 MB
Release : 1993-09-23
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521419719
This book develops a unified vision of the ecology of dry savannas, a little studied ecosystem.
Author : Victor R. Squires
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 48,72 MB
Release : 2018-09-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1351652206
This book begins with a brief account of the extraordinary sequence of events that led to emergence of grasslands as major vegetation formations that now occupy some of the driest and hottest and the highest and coldest on earth as well as vast steppes and prairies in more temperate climes. It is the story of grasses successfully competing with forests and woodlands, aided and abetted by grazing herbivores and by humans and their use of fire as a tool. It is a story of adaptation to changing climates and the changing biophysical environments. A major focus of the book is the Palaearctic biogeographic realm that extends over some 45 million km2 and thus more than 1/3 of the terrestrial ice-free surface on Earth. It comprises extensive grasslands of different types and origin, which can be subdivided into (1) natural grasslands with (1a) steppes (climatogenic in dry climates), (1b) arctic-alpine grasslands (climatogenic in cold climates) and (1c) azonal and extrazonal grasslands (pedogenic and topogenic) as well as (2) secondary grasslands created and sustained by human activities, such as livestock grazing, mowing or burning. Grasslands of the Palaearctic do not only form a major basis for the agriculture of the region and thus its food supply, but are also crucial for other ecosystem services and host a supra proportional part of the realm’s plant and animal diversity. To reflect that suitability of grasslands for biodiversity strongly depends on their state, we apply the term High Nature Value grassland to those natural grasslands that are not degraded (in good state) and those secondary grasslands that are not intensified (semi-natural). The situation in a variety of countries where grasslands are evolving under the influence of global climate change is also considered. Case studies are presented on Southern Africa, Eastern Africa, India, China, South America, North America and Australia. The concluding chapter examines a set of themes arising from the chapters that make up the bulk of this book. The following provide a focus: recent history of grassland biomes – brief recap of current thinking and recent trends with special reference to dry grasslands in the Palearctic regions; the current status of grasslands and germplasm resources (biodiversity) – an overview; management systems that ensure sustainability; how to recover degraded grasslands; socio-economic issues and considerations in grassland management; the impacts of environmental problems in grasslands such as future climate change and intensification and the problems/prospects facing pastoralists and other grassland-based livestock producers.
Author : Querida Lee Pearce
Publisher :
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 21,81 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780671688318
The reader is invited to follow animal tracks and observe how grassland animals of the Serengeti protect, feed, and care for their young.