Encyclopedia of the Biosphere: SavannahsRamon Folch i Guillén, Josep Maria Camarasa The Encyclopedia of the Biosphere features comprehensive coverage of the earth's greatest ecosystems, their characteristics and their operations. The Encyclopedia explains how these ecosystems have been transformed by human activity, while presenting the main species inhabiting each region. The text in each volume is clearly organized into four distinct sections covering the ecosystem's environmental factors, plants and animal ecology, human influences and biosphere reserves. Eleven fully-illustrated, 4-color volumes present in a contemporary, dynamic manner, the earth's principal ecosystems and the better known species of flora and fauna. |
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abundant Acacia African savannahs agriculture animals annual rainfall antelope Australia Bantu biomass biome Biosphere Reserve birds Brazil carnivores cattle century cerrado Chaco climate cover crops cultivated density dominated dry season dung eastern Africa ecosystems ecotone environment factors fauna fire fodder formations gallery forest grass grasslands GRASSY SAVANNAHS grazing groups grow growth herbaceous herbaceous layer herbivores herders herds human hunting important increase India island Kenya Komodo Komodo dragon Lake Lamto land Leguminosae live livestock llanos mainly mammals Masai nahs National Park Ngorongoro Conservation Area nomadic northern nutrients occur palm Photo population predators production protected areas rain rainforest rainy season regions River saline savan savannah biome SAVANNAH THE TROPICAL Serengeti shrubs soil South America southern stockraising Sudan Tanzania termites tion trees TROPICAL WOODY typical ungulates vegetation vertisols western wild WOODY AND GRASSY woody plants woody savannahs woody species zone