Research Catalog

Title

Ecological studies in southern Africa / edited by D.H.S. Davis Associate editors, Botha De Meillon, J.S. Harington and Margaret Kalk.

Author

Davis, David H. S.

Publication

The Hague : W. Junk, 1964-©1965.

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Description

xxiv, 415 pages : illustrations maps; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Monographiae biologicae ; v. 14

Uniform Title

Monographiae biologicae ; v. 14.

Subjects

• Ecologia
• Ecology > South Africa
• Écologie > Afrique du Sud

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

The pleistocene environment in Southern Africa / H.B.S. Cooke -- Pollen analysis and its contribution to the palaeoecology of the pleistocene in Southern Africa / E.M. van Zinderen Bakker -- The pleistocene mammals of Southern Africa / R.F. Ewer and H.B.S. Cooke -- The ecology of the South African man-apes / R.A. Dart -- Bushman hunter-gatherers : a study in human ecology / P.V. Tobias -- Plant lore of the Bushmen / R. Story -- Karoo vegetation in relation to the development of desert / J.P.H. Acocks -- An experimental study of succession in the Transvaal highveld / R.L. Davidson -- The fauna of the forest soil / R.F. Lawrence -- The Australian acacias in South Africa / E.R. Roux -- An ecological survey of the Great Berg River / A.D. Harrison -- The origin and distribution of estuarine animals in South Africa / J.H. Day -- Ecology of sand dunes with special reference to the insect communities / E. McC. Callan -- The eels of South African rivers and observation on their ecology / R.A. Jubb -- The biotic divisions of Southern Africa, as shown by the amphibia / J.C. Poynton -- The ecology of the ploceid weavers, widows and bishop-birds in the south-eastern Cape Province, South Africa / C.J. Skead -- The migrations and local movements of some South African birds / J.M. Winterbottom -- Population genetic studies in areas of overlap of two subspecies of Musca domestica L. / H.E. Paterson -- Ecology of the red locust / D.F. Vesey-FitzGerald -- Some major factors in the population dynamics of the brown locust Locustana pardalina (Walker) / A. Lea -- Ecogeographical aspects of tick distribution / Gertrud Theiler -- Ecology of wild rodent plague / D.H.S. Davis -- Discontinuous distribution of the gerbil flea, Xenopsylla philoxera in Southern Africa / R. Rose Innes -- Past climatic changes as biological isolating mechanisms in Southern Africa / C.K. Brain & J. Meester -- The oestroid flies of Africa south of the Sahara, their classification, biology and practical importance / F. Zumpt -- The ecology of the intermediate hosts of bilharzia / G.H. Frank -- The history of game preservation in South Africa / N.J. v.d. Merwe -- The influence of veld burning on the vegetation and game of the Kruger National Park / A.M. Brynard -- Gazetteer and index to place names.

LCCN

65003373

OCLC

• ocm01900928
• 1900928
• SCSB-5414180

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries