TY - BOOK ID - 8508669 TI - African ecology : benchmarks and historical perspectives PY - 2012 SN - 3642228712 3642228720 9786613574596 1280396679 PB - New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Ecology -- Africa. KW - Environmental sciences -- Africa. KW - Ecology KW - Climatic changes KW - Communicable diseases KW - Biogeography KW - Human ecology KW - Nature KW - Environment KW - Geographic Locations KW - Infection KW - Biology KW - Humanities KW - Earth Sciences KW - Climatic Processes KW - Biological Science Disciplines KW - Environment and Public Health KW - Geographicals KW - Ecological and Environmental Phenomena KW - Ecological and Environmental Processes KW - Bacterial Infections and Mycoses KW - Natural Science Disciplines KW - Disciplines and Occupations KW - Biological Phenomena KW - Diseases KW - Health Care KW - Phenomena and Processes KW - Africa KW - Ecosystem KW - Climate Change KW - History KW - Communicable Diseases KW - Earth & Environmental Sciences KW - Geography KW - Physical Geography KW - Environmental aspects KW - Effect of human beings on KW - Balance of nature KW - Bionomics KW - Ecological processes KW - Ecological science KW - Ecological sciences KW - Environmental biology KW - Oecology KW - Geography. KW - Atmospheric sciences. KW - Physical geography. KW - Ecology. KW - Climate change. KW - Nature conservation. KW - Physical Geography. KW - Nature Conservation. KW - Atmospheric Sciences. KW - Climate Change. KW - Environmental sciences KW - Population biology KW - Climatic changes. KW - Changes, Climatic KW - Changes in climate KW - Climate change KW - Climate change science KW - Climate changes KW - Climate variations KW - Climatic change KW - Climatic fluctuations KW - Climatic variations KW - Global climate changes KW - Global climatic changes KW - Climatology KW - Climate change mitigation KW - Teleconnections (Climatology) KW - Conservation of nature KW - Nature protection KW - Protection of nature KW - Conservation of natural resources KW - Applied ecology KW - Conservation biology KW - Endangered ecosystems KW - Natural areas KW - Conservation KW - Ecology . KW - Atmospheric sciences KW - Earth sciences KW - Atmosphere KW - Global environmental change UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8508669 AB - In view of the rapidly changing ecology of Africa ,this work provides benchmarks for some of the major, and more neglected, aspects, with an accent on historical data to enable habitats to be seen in relation to their previous state, forming a background reference work to understanding how the ecology of Africa has been shaped by its past. Reviewing historical data wherever possible it adopts an holistic view treating man as well as animals, with accent on diseases both human and animal which have been a potent force in shaping Africa’s ecology, a role neglected in ecological studies. ER -