African Ecology

1. Introduction
I: The Abiotic Environment
2. The changing climate of Africa
Part I: Introduction  and Eastern Africa
3. The changing climate of Africa
Part II: West Africa and the Sahel
4. The changing climate of Africa Part III: Southern Africa
5. The changing climate of Africa Part IV: Its effects
6. Fire Part I: Introduction and History
7. Fire Part II: Effects and Ecolotgy
II. The Floral Environment:
8. Vegetation and change: Introduction and Western Africa
9. Vegetation and change: Eastern and Southern Africa and conclusion - Abundance of Populations
10. Locusts the forgotten plague I
11. Locusts the forgotten plague II
12. Other abundant populations
13. To many hippopotamuses?
14. Elephants - a continent-wide problem Part I
15. Elephants - continent-wide problem Part II
16. Elephants - a continent-wide problem Part III - Animal Parasites and Diseases
17 The tsetse fly I: Africa's bane and benefice
18. The tsetse fly II: Decline and recovery
19. The Trypanosomiases I
20. The Trypanosomiases II
21. The Trypanosomiases III
22. Rinderpest, the great panzootic and its after effects
23. Zoonoses, animal and human diseases, endo and ectoparasites mainly mamal I
25. Epidemic disease in African history I: Micro and macro parasites, zoonoses, introduction, viral and protozoal diseases
26. Epidemic disease in African history II: Viral diseases
27. Epidemic disease in African history III: Bacterial and higher order infections
28. Epidemic disease in African history IV: Bubonic and pneumonic plague - Conclusion
29. Man's place in the ecology of Africa
- Appendices
Appendix I: Age of baobabs
Appendix II: African mammal trypanosome host-parasite listoblem Part II
16. Elephants - a continent-wide problem Part III - Animal Parasites and Diseases

From the reviews:

"It is one of the best recent synthetic works, drawing widely from the historical literature, and presents a wealth of past and current information in an accessible and highly readable format. ... this work sets a valuable historical baseline for those interested in regional biogeography and especially for those currently working in this area ... . This book therefore will be of use not just to students and scientists in the field of ecology, but to anyone interested in African history, wildlife conservation and development." (Dino J. Martins, Frontiers of Biogeography, Vol. 5 (1), 2013)

"A benchmark book this is. ... This reads like the memoirs of a knowledgeable naturalist who has spent a lot of time in the field but who also knows the literature (references cover 123 pages). I can't think of any other book that covers such a wide range of African ecology with such a depth of historical understanding. ... this will be a superb resource for anyone wanting a broad picture, and it certainly deserves a place in an ecological library." (Peter Thomas, Bulletin of the British Ecological Society, Vol. 43 (4), December, 2012)