Dr

Graeme Caughley

FAA

Graeme Caughley
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Caughley' s major contributions have been to theoretical population dynamics and the methodology of studying and analysing communities of large vertebrates, particularly wild ungulates and kangaroos. Within this field he is best known for his contributions to the understanding of herbivore-vegetation dynamics in the New Zealand high country, Nepal Himalaya, southern Africa and the semi-arid rangelands of Australia. Through his seminal book the "Analysis of Vertebrate Populations" and his other publications he has had, and continues to have, a major influence on the thinking and practice in this field throughout the World. In 1990 he was appointed a Commissioner on the Resources Assessment Commission.

Expertise type

  • Conservation Biology
  • Animal ecology
  • Biology

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Memoir

Graeme James Caughley 1937-1994

Graeme Caughley studied the interactions between large mammalian herbivores and the environments they occupy. The pattern of population growth that can be predicted theoretically from such a relationship is both complex and variable. He argued that the dynamics of mammalian herbivore populations are comprehensible only in terms of an interactive relationship between the herbivores and vegetation. He further argued that efficient management of such systems requires an understanding of the underlying mechanisms whereby the animals react to the plants and in turn the plants react dynamically to the effects of grazing.
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