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505 2 a| Africa background to exuberance -- Part 1. The abiotic environment. The changing climate of Africa Part 1: Introduction and eastern Africa ; The changing climate of Africa. Part 2: West Africa and the Sahel ; The changing climate of Africa Part 3: Southern Africa ; The changing climate of Africa Part 4: Its effects ; Fire Part 1: Introduction and history ; Fire Part 2: Effects and ecology -- Part 2. The floral environment. Vegetation and change : Introduction and western Africa ; Vegetation and change: Eastern and southern Africa and conclusion -- Part 3. Abundance of populations. Locusts the forgotten plague Part 1: Locusts and their ecology ; Locusts the forgotten plague Part 2: History of locust plagues ; Other abundant populations ; Too many hippopotamuses? ; Too many elephants : a continent-wide problem Part 1 ; Elephants : a continent-wide problem Part 2 ; Elephants : a continent-wide problem Part 3 -- Part 4. Animal parasites and diseases. The tsetse fly 1: Africa's bane and benefice ; The tsetse fly 2: Decline and recovery ; The trypanosomiases 1 ; The trypanosomiases 2 ; The trypanosomiases 3 ; Rinderpest the great panzootic and its after effects ; Zoonoses animal and human diseases endo and ectoparasites mainly mammal 1 ; Zoonoses animal and human diseases endo and ectoparasites mainly mammal 2 ; Epidemic disease in African history 1: Micro and macro parasites, zoonoses, introduction, viral and protozoal diseases ; Epidemic disease in African history 2: Viral diseases ; Epidemic disease in African history 3: Bacterial and higher order infections ; Epidemic disease in African history 4: Bubonic and pneumonic plague -- Pt. 5. Conclusion. Man's place in the ecology of Africa -- Appendix 1. Age of baobabs -- Appendix 2. African mammal trypanosome host-parasite list.;

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African ecology : benchmarks and historical perspectives / Clive A. Spinage.

Author/creator	Spinage, C. A.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2012.
Description	xli, 1562 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
Subjects	Climatic changes--Environmental aspects. --Africa. --History. Communicable diseases--Environmental aspects. --Africa. --History. Biogeography--Africa. Human ecology--Africa. --History. Nature--Effect of human beings on. --Africa. --History. Ecology--Africa. --History. Ecology--Africa.

Series	Springer geography Springer geography. ^A1154730
Partial contents	Africa background to exuberance -- Part 1. The abiotic environment. The changing climate of Africa Part 1: Introduction and eastern Africa ; The changing climate of Africa. Part 2: West Africa and the Sahel ; The changing climate of Africa Part 3: Southern Africa ; The changing climate of Africa Part 4: Its effects ; Fire Part 1: Introduction and history ; Fire Part 2: Effects and ecology -- Part 2. The floral environment. Vegetation and change : Introduction and western Africa ; Vegetation and change: Eastern and southern Africa and conclusion -- Part 3. Abundance of populations. Locusts the forgotten plague Part 1: Locusts and their ecology ; Locusts the forgotten plague Part 2: History of locust plagues ; Other abundant populations ; Too many hippopotamuses? ; Too many elephants : a continent-wide problem Part 1 ; Elephants : a continent-wide problem Part 2 ; Elephants : a continent-wide problem Part 3 -- Part 4. Animal parasites and diseases. The tsetse fly 1: Africa's bane and benefice ; The tsetse fly 2: Decline and recovery ; The trypanosomiases 1 ; The trypanosomiases 2 ; The trypanosomiases 3 ; Rinderpest the great panzootic and its after effects ; Zoonoses animal and human diseases endo and ectoparasites mainly mammal 1 ; Zoonoses animal and human diseases endo and ectoparasites mainly mammal 2 ; Epidemic disease in African history 1: Micro and macro parasites, zoonoses, introduction, viral and protozoal diseases ; Epidemic disease in African history 2: Viral diseases ; Epidemic disease in African history 3: Bacterial and higher order infections ; Epidemic disease in African history 4: Bubonic and pneumonic plague -- Pt. 5. Conclusion. Man's place in the ecology of Africa -- Appendix 1. Age of baobabs -- Appendix 2. African mammal trypanosome host-parasite list.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 1417-1539) and index.
ISBN	9783642228711
ISBN	3642228712

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