Serengeti III
Serengeti National Park is one of the worldas most diverse ecosystems, a natural laboratory for ecology, evolution, and conservation, with a history that dates back at least four million years to the beginnings of human evolution. The third book of a ground- breaking series, Serengeti III is the result of a long-term integrated research project that documents changes to this unique ecosystem every ten years. Bringing together researchers from a wide range of disciplinesaecologists, paleontologists, economists, social scientists, mathematicians, and disease specialistsa this volume focuses on the interactions between the natural system and the human-dominated agricultural system. By examining how changes in rainfall, wildebeest numbers, commodity prices, and human populations have impacted the Serengeti ecosystem, the authors conclude that changes in the natural system have affected human welfare just as changes in the human system have impacted the natural world. To promote both the conservation of biota and the sustainability of human welfare, the authors recommend community-based conservation and protected-area conservation. Serengeti III presents a timely and provocative look at the conservation status of one of earthas most renowned ecosystems.... domestic dogs and cats (Felis catus), livestock (cattle [Bos taurus], goats [ Capra hircus], and donkeys [Equus asinus]) and a range of ... Preliminary analyses support a hypothesis of domestic dog-to-wildlife transmission of this variant. ... so pup survival rates drop below replacement levels at a threshold pack size (Courchamp, Clutton-Brock, and Grenfell 2000). ... 2005). In a preliminary study, M. bovis was isolated from 10% of migratory wildebeest (Con- nochaetes taurinus) culled asanbsp;...
| Title | : | Serengeti III |
| Author | : | A. R. E. Sinclair, Craig Packer, Simon A. R. Mduma, John M. Fryxell |
| Publisher | : | University of Chicago Press - 2009-05-15 |
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