Range and wildlife management in the tropics /

Heady, Harold F.

Range and wildlife management in the tropics / Harold F. Heady & Eleanor B. Heady. - London ; New York : Longman group ltd., 1982. - xiv, 140 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - Intermediate tropical agriculture series .

Contents;

Part I: Tropical rangelands
Extent and use of tropical rangelands
Primary production and cycling
Tropical vegetation used for forage
Tropical range plants and their value for grazing

Part II: Range resource assessment
Rangeland resource measurements
Vegetational changes
Wild animal populations and measurements
Range condition and trend

Part III: Management of tropical rangelands
Grazing factors
Mechanical brush control
Control of vegetation using herbicides
Fire on rangeland
Biological weed control
Seeding rangelands




Includes bibliographies and index.

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Range management--Tropics.
Wildlife management--Tropics.

633.202 / HEA