Contributions

  • Sinclair, A. R. E. - Contributor

Publication

2008 - University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois

Language

English

Word Count

130,500 words, Guess

Page Count

522 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveserengetiiiihuma00sinc
  • ISBN-100226760332
  • ISBN-100226760340
  • ISBN-139780226760339
  • ISBN-139780226760346
and 6 more
  • Goodreads4151804
  • Library of Congress Control Number2007049914
  • OCLC Control Number183928576
  • Better World Books9780226760339
  • Better World Books9780226760346
  • Open LibraryOL16834120M

Classifications

  • DDC577.4/80967827
  • LCCQL337.T3 S424 2008
  • LCCQL337.T3S424 2008

Alternate Titles

  • Serengeti 3

Description

"Serengeti National Park is one of the world's 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. 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 disciplines - ecologists, paleontologists, economists, social scientists, mathematicians, and disease specialists - 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."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

NatureAnimal ecologyZoology, africaNature conservationNatural history, africaEffect of human beings onNature, effect of human beings on

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Other Editions

  • Serengeti III: human impacts on ecosystem dynamicsUniversity of Chicago Press2008-01-01

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