Serengeti III
Subtitle: human impacts on ecosystem dynamics
By: edited by A. R. E. Sinclair ... [et al.].
Contributors: Sinclair, A. R. E.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 522
ISBN-13: 9780226760339; 9780226760346
Subjects: Animal ecology -- Tanzania -- Serengeti National Park Region; Nature conservation -- Tanzania -- Serengeti National Park Region; Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Tanzania -- Serengeti National Park Region
Other 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.