Tropical Grazing Lands

of Chapters.- 1 Introduction.- 1.1 Objective and scope.- 1.2 Management of tropical grazing lands.- 1.3 Semantics.- 1.4 Succession and climax.- 1.5 Socio-economic factors.- 1.6 Ecosystems.- 1.7 Wildlife in African ecosystems.- 1.8 Coverage.- 1.9 Contrasts between tropical and temperate latitudes.- 2 Evolution of grass covers: Australia and Asia.- 2.1 Technique of ecological/historical analysis.- 2.2 Australia.- 2.3 Eastern monsoon Asia.- 2.4 Mainland and insular south-east Asia.- 2.5 Western monsoon Asia.- 3 Evolution of grass covers: Africa and America.- 3.1 Africa south of the Sahara.- 3.2 America: South, Central and Caribbean.- 4 Surrey and Assessment of Resources.- 4.1 The integrated or holistic approach.- 4.2 Significance of climate.- 4.3 Aerial photography.- 4.4 United Nations Programmes.- 4.5 The approach of the plant sociologist.- 4.6 Review of international literature.- 4.7 Range condition analysis.- 4.8 Grassland Survey of India.- 4.9 IEMVT, Maisons Alfort, France.- 4.10 Assessment in terms of livestock production.- 5 Synecology and Succession.- 5.1 Percentage of land under extensive and intensive use.- 5.2 Grass covers in forest climaxes.- 5.3 Authenticity of indigenous species.- 5.4 Relative aggression.- 5.5 Relative place in succession.- 5.6 The pantropical ubiquitaries.- 5.7 Indicator value.- 5.8 Types of grass covers.- 5.9 Succession in time and place.- 5.10 America: Caribbean Islands: Succession on abandoned cultivated land.- 6 Ecological Management of Natural Resources.- 6.1 Science and practice of management.- 6.2 Levels of production.- 6.3 Management on basis of condition analysis.- 6.4 The ecological component in range management.- 6.5 Prevention of progression to forest.- 6.6 Forestry working plan.- 6.7 Shrubs and trees in tropical grazing lands.- 6.8 The sylvo-pastoral system.- 7 Addition of Legumes to Sward.- 8 Replacement of Natural Covers.- 8.1 Small proportion of total area.- 8.2 Human sociological distinctions.- 8.3 Changed conditions of