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Megaherbivores: The Influence of Very Large Body Size on Ecology - Cambridge Studies in Ecology Owen-Smith, R. Norman (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg)
Megaherbivores: The Influence of Very Large Body Size on Ecology - Cambridge Studies in Ecology
Owen-Smith, R. Norman (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg)
Owen-Smith's account of the ecology of the largest land mammals (elephants, rhinos, hippos and giraffes) emphasises the constraints resulting from their body size. Many important questions are raised. For example, why have these once abundant and widely distributed animals all but gone extinct?
388 pages, 87 b/w illus. 40 tables
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | March 5, 1992 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521426374 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 388 |
| Dimensions | 151 × 228 × 28 mm · 640 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Birks, H. John B. |
| Series Editor | Wiens, J. A. |