Description
This book has been written for all who are interested in forming a coherent view of the whole grassland ecosystems: of the animals that live in, on, or under the plant populations as well as the plants themselves. Consideration is not limited to agriculturally useful plants and animals but considerable emphasis is given to this aspect because of the enormous importance of grassland in world food production. An understanding of whole systems is required, not only to manipulate them safely and successfully for our purposes but also in order to decide what is the best use of our resources. The book is written in the belief that it is possible to treat biological systems scientifically even when they consist of complex mixtures of plants and animals and in the hope that ecology will retain a major role in this activity.
