Human ecology in savanna environments / edited by David R. Harris.
Papers by Rhys Jones and John H. Calaby separately annotated.
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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Academic Press,
1980.
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 522 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Tropical savanna environments : definition, distribution, diversity, and development / David R. Harris
- Commentary : human occupation and exploitation of savanna environments / David R. Harris
- Early human occupation of African savanna environments / J. Desmond Clark
- Prehistoric human utilization of the savanna environments of Middle and South America / Norman Hammond
- Hunters in the Australian coastal savanna / Rhys Jones
- Changing agricultural and pastoral ecologies in the West African savanna region / Philip Burnham
- Strategies of resource exploitation among East African savanna pastoralists / Neville Dyson-Hudson
- Indian civilization and the tropical savanna environment / David E. Sopher
- Agricultural ecology in the Southeast Asian savanna region : the Mnong Gar of Vietnam and their social space / Georges Condominas
- Indigenous and colonial land-use systems in Indo-Oceanian savannas : the case of New Caledonia / Jacques Barrau
- Europeanization of the savanna lands of northern South America / James J. Parsons
- Commentary : ecology, demography, and development in savanna environments / David R. Harris
- Ecology of tropical American savannas : an ecophysiological approach / Ernesto Medina
- Ecology and human use of the Australian savanna environment / John Calaby
- Ecology and management of savanna ecosystems in south-central Africa / B.H. Walker
- Ecology and management of game animals and domestic livestock in African savannas / P.A. Jewell
- River-basin development and local initiative in African savanna environments / Thayer Scudder
- Population growth and prospects of development in savanna nations / Ester Boserup
- Commentary : human biology of savanna peoples / J.S. Weiner
- Work and wellbeing in savanna environments : physiological considerations / J.S. Weiner
- Nutritional status of savanna peoples / Erica F. Wheeler
- Epidemiological-ecological interactions in savanna environments / Robert S. Desowitz
- Designs for human-biological research among savanna pastoralists / Michael A. Little.