Megaherbivores: the influence of very large body size on ecology
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MEGAHERBIVORES
THE INFLUENCE OF VERY LARGE BODY SIZE ON ECOLOGY
R.NORMANJDWEN-SMITH UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND
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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
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CONTENTS
PREFACE XI
1 PROLOGUE 1
2 MORPHOLOGY, EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY AND RECENT DISTRIBUTION 6
INTRODUCTION 6
MORPHOLOGY 6
EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS AND RELATIONSHIPS 16
PALEONTOLOGICAL DIVERSITY 20
DISTRIBUTION OF EXTANT SPECIES 21
3 FOOD AND OTHER HABITAT RESOURCES 30
INTRODUCTION 30
FOOD 30
WATER AND OTHER HABITAT NEEDS 45
COMPARISONS WITH SMALLER UNGULATES SO
4 SPACE-TIME PATTERNS OF HABITAT USE 53
INTRODUCTION 53
TEMPORAL PATTERNING OF ACTIVITIES 53
UTILIZATION OF SPACE . 61
COMPARISONS WITH SMALLER UNGULATES 67
5 BODY SIZE AND NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGY 69
INTRODUCTION 69
METABOLIC REQUIREMENTS . 70
GUT A N A T O MY 71
FOOD INTAKE AND DIGESTION 72
6 BODY SIZE AND FEEDING#COLOGY 82
INTRODUCTION 82
DIET QUALITY 82
FORAGING TIME 87
H O ME RANGE EXTENT 95
; TROPHIC ECOLOGY OF MEGAHERBIVORES: SUMMARY 98
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VIII CONTENTS
7 SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND BEHAVIOR 101
INTRODUCTION 101
GROUP STRUCTURE 101
MALE DOMINANCE RELATIONS 109
COURTSHIP AND MATING 116
RESPONSES TO PREDATORS 124
COMPARISONS WITH SMALLER UNGULATES 131
8 LIFE HISTORY 133
INTRODUCTION 133
INFANCY AND JUVENILEHOOD 133
ADOLESCENCE AND PUBERTY 138
REPRODUCTION BY FEMALES 144
REPRODUCTION BY MALES 151
MORTALITY AND LIFESPAN 152
COMPARISONS WITH SMALLER UNGULATES 1 59
9 BODY SIZE AND SOCIOBIOLOGY 160
INTRODUCTION 160
GROUPING PATTERNS 160
MALE DOMINANCE SYSTEMS 167
FEMALE MATE CHOICE 177
SUMMARY 179
10 BODY SIZE AND REPRODUCTIVE PATTERNS 181
INTRODUCTION 181
SEASONALITY OF REPRODUCTION 183
AGE AT FIRST CONCEPTION 185
BIRTH INTERVALS 186
MATERNAL INVESTMENT IN REPRODUCTION 190
OFFSPRING SEX RATIO 195
SUMMARY 198
11 DEMOGRAPHY 200
INTRODUCTION 200
POPULATION STRUCTURE 200
POPULATION GROWTH 212
POPULATION DENSITY AND BIOMASS 221
COMPARISONS WITH SMALLER UNGULATES 225
12 COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS 226
INTRODUCTION 226
IMPACT ON VEGETATION 226
EFFECTS ON OTHER LARGE HERBIVORES 239
COMPARISONS WITH SMALLER UNGULATES 245
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CONTENTS IX
13 BODY SIZE AND POPULATION REGULATION 246
INTRODUCTION 246
DEMOGRAPHIC MODELS 248
INTERACTIONS WITH VEGETATION 257
DISPERSAL 260
SUMMARY 264
14 BODY SIZE AND ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES 265
INTRODUCTION 265
BIOMASS LEVELS 265
ENERGY FLUX 274
NUTRIENT CYCLING 277
ECOSYSTEM STABILITY AND DISTURBANCE 278
15 LATE PLEISTOCENE EXTINCTIONS 280
INTRODUCTION 280
PATTERN OF EXTINCTIONS 281
CLIMATIC CHANGE 284
HUMAN PREDATION 289
THE ROLE OF MEGAHERBIVORES 292
SUMMARY 296
16 CONSERVATION 297
INTRODUCTION 297
CONSERVATION OBJECTIVES 298
PROBLEMS OF OVERABUNDANCE 299
PROBLEMS OF OVEREXPLOITATION 307
SUMMARY 308
17 EPILOGUE: THE MEGAHERBIVORE SYNDROME 309
FAUNAL PATTERNS 309
SOCIAL AND LIFE HISTORY PATTERNS 312
DEMOGRAPHIC PATTERNS 313
COMMUNITY AND ECOSYSTEM PATTERNS 314
APPENDIXES 317
APPENDIX I 317
APPENDIX II 325
REFERENCES 331
INDEX 364
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