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Title Serengeti II : dynamics, management, and conservation of an ecosystem / edited by A.R.E. Sinclair & Peter Arcese.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1995]
©1995

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 Moore Stacks  QL337.T3 S42 1995    Available  ---
Description xii, 665 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Note Based on papers presented at a workshop held in December 1991 at the Serengeti Research Institute, Tanzania.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Overview. Serengeti past and present / A. R. E. Sinclair ; Serengeti in the context of worldwide conservation efforts / A. R. E. Sinclair and Peter Arcese -- Plants and herbivory. Plant communities and herbivory / S. J. McNaughton and F. F. Banyikwa ; Vegetation dynamics in the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem: the role of elephants, fire, and other factors / Holly T. Dublin ; Equilibria in plant-herbivore interactions / A. R. E. Sinclair -- Herbivores and predation. Population trends and distribution of Serengeti herbivores: implications for management / Ken Campbell and Markus Borner ; Long-term trends in the herbivore populations of the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania / Victor A. Runyoro, Heribert Hofer, Emmanuel B. Chausi, and Patricia D. Moehlman ; Population trends of ungulates in and around Kenya's Masai Mara Reserve / Michael D. Broten and Mohammed Said ; Population limitation of resident herbivores / A. R. E. Sinclair ; Distribution and abundance of Oribi, a small antelope / Simon A. R. Mduma ; Specific nutrient requirements and migration of wildebeest / Martyn G. Murray ; Aggregation and migration by grazing ungulates in relation to resources and predators / John M. Fryxell ; Antipredator behavior of Serengeti ungulates: individual differences and population consequences / Clare D. FitzGibbon and John Lazarus -- Predator demography and behavior. Variation in predation by lions: tracking a movable feast / D. Scheel and C. Packer ; Ecology, demography, and behavior of lions in two contrasting habitats: Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti plains / J. P. Hanby, J. D. Bygott, and C. Packer ; Population dynamics, population size, and the commuting system of Serengeti spotted hyenas / Heribert Hofer and Marion East ; Dominance, demography, and reproductive success of female spotted hyenas / Laurence G. Frank, Kay E. Holekamp, and Laura Smale ; Implications of high offspring mortality for cheetah population dynamics / M. Karen Laurenson ; Demographic changes and social consequences in wild dogs, 1964-1002 / Roger Burrows ; Habitat variation and mongoose demography / Peter M. Waser ... [et al.] -- Conservation and management. The importance of behavioral ecology for conservation biology: examples from Serengeti carnivores / T. M. Caro and S. M. Durant ; Population structure of wildebeest: implications for conservation / Nicholas Georgiadis ; The ecology and epidemiology of rinderpest virus in Serengeti and Ngorongoro Conservation area / Andy Dobson ; Historical and present-day anti-poaching efforts in Serengeti / Peter Arcese, Justine Hando, and Ken Campbell ; People and wildlife: spatial dynamics and zones of interaction / Ken Campbell and Heribert Hofer ; Multiple land use in the Serengeti region: the Ngorongoro Conservation area / Scott Perkin ; Economic incentives to develop the rangelands of the Serengeti: implications for wildlife conservation / M. Norton-Griffiths ; The Serengeti regional conservation strategy / B. N. N. Mbano ... [et al.] ; A model to evaluate alternative management policies for the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem / R. Hilborn et al.
Subject Animal ecology -- Tanzania -- Serengeti National Park Region -- Congresses.
Animal ecology.
Tanzania.
Wildlife conservation -- Tanzania -- Serengeti National Park Region -- Congresses.
Wildlife conservation.
Ecosystem management -- Tanzania -- Serengeti National Park Region -- Congresses.
Ecosystem management.
Indexed Term Ecology
Tanzania
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Sinclair, A. R. E. (Anthony Ronald Entrican)
Arcese, Peter.
Added Title Serengeti 2
Serengeti two
ISBN 0226760316 alkaline paper
9780226760315 alkaline paper
0226760324 paperback
9780226760322 paperback