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UNINA9910789265703321 |
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Autore |
Estes Richard |
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Titolo |
The gnu's world : Serengeti wildebeest ecology and life history / / Richard D. Estes |
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Berkeley, California ; ; Los Angeles, California ; ; London, England : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (369 p.) |
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Gnus - Tanzania - Serengeti Plain |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Author's Fifty-Year History of Wildebeest Research -- 1. Africa: The Real Home Where Antelopes Roam -- 2. African Savannas: Understanding the Tropical Climate, Vegetation, and the Gnu's Ecological Niche -- 3. Introducing the Wildebeest's Tribe: Similarities and Differences among the Four Genera and Seven Species -- 4. The Four Wildebeest Subspecies and the Status of Migratory Populations -- 5. Increase and Protection of the Serengeti Wildebeest Population -- 6. Serengeti Grasslands and the Wildebeest Migration -- 7. Social Organization: Comparison of Migratory and Resident Populations -- 8. Male and Female Life Histories -- 9. Cooperation and Competition among Twenty-Seven Ungulates That Coexist with the Wildebeest -- 10. The Amazing Migration and Rut of the Serengeti Wildebeest -- 11. The Calving Season: Birth and Survival in Small Herds and on Calving Grounds -- 12. Serengeti Shall Not Die? Africa's Most Iconic World Heritage Site under Siege -- Bibliography -- Index |
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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's wildebeest population lives. Wildebeest and other grazing mammals drive the ecology and evolution of the |
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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 the animal's epic annual migrations. He also examines conservation issues that affect wildebeest, including range-wide population declines. |
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UNINA9910255285903321 |
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Autore |
Lamond Ian R. |
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The 2015 UK General Election and the 2016 EU Referendum : Towards a Democracy of the Spectacle / / by Ian R. Lamond, Chelsea Reid |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
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[1st ed. 2017.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (XVI, 88 p.) |
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Communication in politics |
Elections |
Europe - Politics and government |
Journalism |
Political sociology |
Political Communication |
Electoral Politics |
European Politics |
Political Sociology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction -- PART I -- 1: Bringing together political communication and critical event studies -- 2: Models of democracy -- PART II -- 3: The 2015 UK General Election -- 4: The 2016 EU Referendum -- 5: Conclusion -- Annex: Beyond the UK. |
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This book brings together the established field of political communication and the emerging field of critical event studies to |
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develop new questions and approaches. Using this combined framework, it reflects upon how we should understand the expression of democratic participation in mainstream mass media during the 2015 UK General Election and the 2016 referendum on Britain's membership of the EU. Are we now living in an era where democratic participation is much more concerned with spectacle rather than substantive debate? The book addresses this conceptual journey and reflects on differing models of democratic participation, before applying that framework to the two identified case studies. Finally, the authors consider what it means to be living in a period of democratic spectacle, where political events have become evental politics. The book will be of use to students and scholars across the fields of political science and culture and media studies, as well as wide readers interested in the current issues facing British politics. . |
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