The Gnu's World : Serengeti Wildebeest Ecology and Life History /

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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'...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Estes, Richard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Antilope
Wildtiere
Gnus.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Mammals.
NATURE > Animals > Mammals.
Gnous.
Gnus > Tanzania > Serengeti Plain.
Tanzania > Serengeti Plain.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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?

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