Working within constraints: managing animal production and biodiversity conservation in African savannas
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Pastoral Systems in Marginal Environments
Publisher
Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, Netherlands
Publication Date
1-1-2005
First Page
81
Last Page
89
Abstract
The mean density of livestock biomass on African rangelands now greatly exceeds that of indigenous large herbivores, although livestock cannot fully substitute for wildlife with respect to co-evolved ecosystem processes involving herbivory. The dominance of livestock in semi-arid rangelands is largely due to water provision, which uncouples livestock population dynamics from the rainfall-driven trajectories followed by indigenous ungulate species in wildlife areas.
Recommended Citation
du Toit, J.T. 2005. Working within constraints: managing animal production and biodiversity conservation in African savannas. Pages 81-89 in: J. Milne (ed.) Pastoral Systems in Marginal Environments. Proceedings of a satellite workshop of the XXth International Grassland Congress, July 2005, Glasgow, Scotland. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, Netherlands.
