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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction: the author's 50-year history of wildebeest research -- Africa : the real home where the antelopes roam -- African savannahs -- Introducing the wildebeest's tribe -- Wildebeest subspecies and status of migratory populations -- Growth and protection of the Serengeti wildebeest population -- Serengeti grasslands and the wildebeest migration -- Social organization in migratory and resident populations -- Male and female life histories -- Competition, facilitation and wildebeest impact on associated herbivores -- The rut : how half-a-million cows are bred within three weeks -- The calving season : birth and survival of wildebeest calves -- Serengeti shall not die? |
| Summary |
This is the first scholarly book on the antelope that dominates the savanna ecosystems of eastern and southern Africa. It presents a synthesis of research conducted over a span of fifty years, mainly on the wildebeest in the Ngorongoro and Serengeti ecosystems, where eighty percent of the world's wildebeest population lives. Wildebeest and other grazing mammals drive the ecology and evolution of the savanna ecosystem. Richard D. Estes describes this process and also details the wildebeest's life history, focusing on its social organization and unique reproductive system, which are adapted to t |
| Analysis |
africa |
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african animals |
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african conservation efforts |
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animals |
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antelope |
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biological science of mammals |
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biology |
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connochaetes |
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conservation |
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eastern africa |
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ecology |
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evolution |
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gnu |
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grazing mammals |
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life history |
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mammals |
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migration |
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ngorongoro |
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range wide population declines |
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reproductive system |
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savanna ecosystem |
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savanna |
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serengeti |
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social organization |
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southern africa |
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wildebeest population |
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wildebeest |
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wilderness |
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wildlife |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Gnus -- Tanzania -- Serengeti Plain
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Gnus.
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NATURE -- Animals -- Mammals.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Mammals.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
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Gnus
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Wildtiere
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Antilope
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Tanzania -- Serengeti Plain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2013031723 |
| ISBN |
9780520958197 |
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0520958195 |
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1306563585 |
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9781306563581 |
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