Preface Introduction Part 1: Population Dynamics and Monitoring 1. Wildlife Inventory by Remote Sensing Techniques 2. The Concept and Practice of Ecological Monitoring Over Large Areas of Land: The Systematic Reconnaissance Flight (SFR) 3. Large Scale Measurement of Habitat Structure and Condition and its Use in Interpreting Animal Distribution 4. Matrix Approach to Population Dynamics 5. A Model for Predicting Age in Ungulates 6. Predator-Prey Interactions: A Case Study in the Masai-Mara Game Reserves, Kenya 7. Sample Drive Count of Larger Mammals by Means of Systematic Belt Transects 8. Veterinary Aspects of Ecological Monitoring 9. Distribution of Wildlife in Relation to the Water-Holes in Tsavo National Park (East) Kenya Section 2: Habitat Utilization 10. Big Game Utilization of Natural Mineral Licks 11. Habitat Management for Wildlife Conservation with Respect to Fire, Salt Lick, and Water Regime 12. The Nutritive Value of Browse and its Importance in Traditional Pastoralism 13. Species Preferences of Domestic Ruminants Grazing in Nigerian Savannah 14. The Use of Faecal Analysis in Studying Food Habits of West African Ungulates 15. Habitat Selection and Economic Importance of Rodents in Moor Plantation, Ibadan, Nigeria 16. Body Weight, Diet and Reproduction of Rats and Mice in the Forest Zones of South-Western Nigeria 17. Some Aspects of the Physiology of the Domesticated African Giant Rat Section 3: Fire 18. The Implicants of Woodland Burning for Wildlife Management 19. An Appraisal of the Savannah Burning Problem 20. Effects of Burning Treatments on the Standing Crop and Litter Deposit in the Grassland Savannah of the Kainji Lake National Park 21. The Effects of Burning and Grazing on the Productivity and Numbers of Plants in Rwenzori National Park, Uganda Section 4: Management, Training and Education 22. What is Wildlife Management 23. Management Planning and Practice: Case Histories from Mali 24. An Ecological Management Plan for the Kanji Lake National Park 25. Some Problems Encountered in the Field Study of the Grasscutter (Thryonomys Swinderianus) Population in Ghana 26. The Role of the Department of Forest Resources Management, University of Ibadan in Reaching and Research in Wildlife Management
