The Ecology of Large Herbivores in South and Southeast Asia

1. Introduction: The Large Herbivores of South and Southeast Asia—A Prominent but Neglected Guild
Farshid S. Ahrestani, Mahesh Sankaran

2. Evolutionary History of the Large Herbivores of South and Southeast Asia (Indomalayan Realm)
Faysal Bibi, Grégoire Métais

3. Species Richness and Size Distribution of Large Herbivores in the Himalaya
Charudutt Mishra, Yash Veer Bhatnagar, Kulbhushansingh R. Suryawanshi

4. Grazing and Browsing by Large Herbivores in South and Southeast Asia
Farshid S. Ahrestani, Ignas M.A. Heitkönig, Hisashi Matsubayashi, Herbert H.T. Prins

5. Frugivory and Seed Dispersal by Large Herbivores of Asia
Sachin Sridhara, Kim McConkey, Soumya Prasad, Richard T. Corlett

6. Behavioural Ecology of a Grassland Antelope, the Blackbuck Antilope cervicapra: Linking Habitat, Ecology and Behaviour
Yadvendradev V. Jhala, Kavita Isvaran

7. Do Large Herbivores Influence Plant Allocation to Above- and Belowground Compartments?
Sumanta Bagchi

8. Grazing and Fire Effects on Community and Ecosystem Processes in a Tall-Grass Mesic Savanna Ecosystem in Southern India
Mahesh Sankaran

9. Density and Activity Patterns of the Globally Significant Large Herbivore Populations of Cambodia’s Eastern Plains Landscape
Thomas N. E. Gray, Sovanna Prum, Channa Phan

10. Persistence of Tropical Asian Ungulates in the Face of Hunting and Climate Change
Alys Granados, Jedediah F. Brodie

11. The Ecology of Large Herbivores of South and Southeast Asia: Synthesis and Future Directions
Mahesh Sankaran, Farshid S. Ahrestani

Avainsanat: Life Sciences, Animal Ecology