Fragmentation in Semi-Arid and Arid Landscapes

1. Introduction and Framework

1. Global Significance of Extensive Grazing Lands and Pastoral Societies: An Introduction
Robin S. Reid, Kathleen A. Galvin, Russell S. Kruska

2. Fragmentation of Arid and Semi-Arid Ecosystems: Implications for People and Animals
N. Thompson Hobbs, Robin S. Reid, Kathleen A. Galvin, James E. Ellis

3. Causes and Consequences of Herbivore Movement in Landscape Ecosystems
Michael B. Coughenour

2. Case Studies

4. Changing Patterns of Land Use and Tenure in the Dalrymple Shire, Australia
Chris J. Stokes, Ryan R. J. McAllister, Andrew J. Ash, John E. Gross

5. From Fragmentation to Reaggregation of Rangelands in the Northern Great Plains, USA
Jill M. Lackett, Kathleen A. Galvin

6. Land Use, Fragmentation, and Impacts on Wildlife in Jackson Valley, Wyoming, USA
Jill M. Lackett, N. Thompson Hobbs

7. Ideology, Land Tenure and Livestock Mobility in Kazakhstan
Iliya I. Alimaev, Roy H. Behnke Jr

8. Policy Changes in Mongolia: Implications for Land Use and Landscapes
Dennis Ojima, Togtohyn Chuluun

9. Fragmentation of a Peri-Urban Savanna, Athi-Kaputiei Plains, Kenya
Robin S. Reid, Helen Gichohi, Mohammed Y. Said, David Nkedianye, Joseph O. Ogutu, Mrigesh Kshatriya, Patti Kristjanson, Shem C. Kifugo, Jasphat L. Agatsiva, Samuel A. Adanje, Richard Bagine

10. Processes of Fragmentation in the Amboseli Ecosystem, Southern Kajiado District, Kenya
Shauna B. BurnSilver, Jeffrey Worden, Randall B. Boone

11. Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania: Fragmentation of a Unique Region of the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem
Kathleen A. Galvin, Philip K. Thornton, Randall B. Boone, Linda M. Knapp

12. North-West Province, South Africa: Communal and Commercial Livestock Systems in Transition
Kathleen A. Galvin, Philip K. Thornton, Randall B. Boone, Linda M. Knapp

3. Issues Of Fragmentation And Complexity: A Synthetic Perspective

13. The Drivers of Fragmentation in Arid and Semi-Arid Landscapes
Roy H. Behnke Jr

14. Comparing Landscape and Infrastructural Heterogeneity within and between Ecosystems
Randall B. Boone, Shauna B. BurnSilver, Russell S. Kruska

15. Responses of Pastoralists to Land Fragmentation: Social Capital, Connectivity and Resilience
Kathleen A. Galvin

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Keywords: SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / General SCI008000