LEADER 04464nam 2200949 450 001 9910789265703321 005 20230803202048.0 010 $a0-520-95819-5 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520958197 035 $a(CKB)3710000000096411 035 $a(EBL)1662712 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001180020 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11673542 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001180020 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11186333 035 $a(PQKB)11662189 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1662712 035 $a(OCoLC)875894635 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse32317 035 $a(DE-B1597)518710 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520958197 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1662712 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10855471 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL587609 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000096411 100 $a20140414h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe gnu's world $eSerengeti wildebeest ecology and life history /$fRichard D. Estes 210 1$aBerkeley, California ;$aLos Angeles, California ;$aLondon, England :$cUniversity of California Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (369 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-27319-2 311 0 $a0-520-27318-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction: The Author's Fifty-Year History of Wildebeest Research --$t1. Africa: The Real Home Where Antelopes Roam --$t2. African Savannas: Understanding the Tropical Climate, Vegetation, and the Gnu's Ecological Niche --$t3. Introducing the Wildebeest's Tribe: Similarities and Differences among the Four Genera and Seven Species --$t4. The Four Wildebeest Subspecies and the Status of Migratory Populations --$t5. Increase and Protection of the Serengeti Wildebeest Population --$t6. Serengeti Grasslands and the Wildebeest Migration --$t7. Social Organization: Comparison of Migratory and Resident Populations --$t8. Male and Female Life Histories --$t9. Cooperation and Competition among Twenty-Seven Ungulates That Coexist with the Wildebeest --$t10. The Amazing Migration and Rut of the Serengeti Wildebeest --$t11. The Calving Season: Birth and Survival in Small Herds and on Calving Grounds --$t12. Serengeti Shall Not Die? Africa's Most Iconic World Heritage Site under Siege --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThis 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 the animal's epic annual migrations. He also examines conservation issues that affect wildebeest, including range-wide population declines. 606 $aGnus$zTanzania$zSerengeti Plain 610 $aafrica. 610 $aafrican animals. 610 $aafrican conservation efforts. 610 $aanimals. 610 $aantelope. 610 $abiological science of mammals. 610 $abiology. 610 $aconnochaetes. 610 $aconservation. 610 $aeastern africa. 610 $aecology. 610 $aevolution. 610 $agnu. 610 $agrazing mammals. 610 $alife history. 610 $amammals. 610 $amigration. 610 $angorongoro. 610 $arange wide population declines. 610 $areproductive system. 610 $asavanna ecosystem. 610 $asavanna. 610 $aserengeti. 610 $asocial organization. 610 $asouthern africa. 610 $awildebeest population. 610 $awildebeest. 610 $awilderness. 610 $awildlife. 615 0$aGnus 676 $a599.64/59 686 $aWS 9200$2rvk 700 $aEstes$b Richard$01547859 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789265703321 996 $aThe gnu's world$93804421 997 $aUNINA