Book contents
- Conserving Africa's Mega-Diversity in the AnthropoceneThe Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park Story
- Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
- Conserving Africa's Mega-Diversity in the Anthropocene
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Further Details on Zulu Place Names in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park
- Acknowledgements
- Preamble
- Map
- Part I Setting the Scene
- Part II Theoretical Advances in Savanna Ecology
- Part III Where Science and Conservation Management Meet
- 11 Rhino Management Challenges: Spatial and Social Ecology for Habitat and Population Management
- 12 Reassembly of the Large Predator Guild into Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park
- 13 Wildlife Disease Dynamics in Carnivore and Herbivore Hosts in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park
- 14 Elephant Management in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park
- 15 Successful Control of the Invasive Shrub Chromolaena odorata in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park
- 16 Conserving Africa's Mega-Diversity in the Anthropocene: The Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park Story
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
14 - Elephant Management in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park
from Part III - Where Science and Conservation Management Meet
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 March 2017
Book contents
- Conserving Africa's Mega-Diversity in the AnthropoceneThe Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park Story
- Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
- Conserving Africa's Mega-Diversity in the Anthropocene
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Further Details on Zulu Place Names in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park
- Acknowledgements
- Preamble
- Map
- Part I Setting the Scene
- Part II Theoretical Advances in Savanna Ecology
- Part III Where Science and Conservation Management Meet
- 11 Rhino Management Challenges: Spatial and Social Ecology for Habitat and Population Management
- 12 Reassembly of the Large Predator Guild into Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park
- 13 Wildlife Disease Dynamics in Carnivore and Herbivore Hosts in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park
- 14 Elephant Management in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park
- 15 Successful Control of the Invasive Shrub Chromolaena odorata in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park
- 16 Conserving Africa's Mega-Diversity in the Anthropocene: The Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park Story
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Conserving Africa's Mega-Diversity in the AnthropoceneThe Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park Story, pp. 336 - 357Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017
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