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The gnu's world : Serengeti wildebeest ecology and life history / / Richard D. Estes
The gnu's world : Serengeti wildebeest ecology and life history / / Richard D. Estes
Autore Estes Richard
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, California ; ; Los Angeles, California ; ; London, England : , : University of California Press, , 2014
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (369 p.)
Disciplina 599.64/59
Soggetto topico Gnus - Tanzania - Serengeti Plain
Soggetto non controllato africa
african animals
african conservation efforts
animals
antelope
biological science of mammals
biology
connochaetes
conservation
eastern africa
ecology
evolution
gnu
grazing mammals
life history
mammals
migration
ngorongoro
range wide population declines
reproductive system
savanna ecosystem
savanna
serengeti
social organization
southern africa
wildebeest population
wildebeest
wilderness
wildlife
ISBN 0-520-95819-5
Classificazione WS 9200
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto 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
Record Nr. UNINA-9910789265703321
Estes Richard  
Berkeley, California ; ; Los Angeles, California ; ; London, England : , : University of California Press, , 2014
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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The gnu's world : Serengeti wildebeest ecology and life history / / Richard D. Estes
The gnu's world : Serengeti wildebeest ecology and life history / / Richard D. Estes
Autore Estes Richard
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, California ; ; Los Angeles, California ; ; London, England : , : University of California Press, , 2014
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (369 p.)
Disciplina 599.64/59
Soggetto topico Gnus - Tanzania - Serengeti Plain
Soggetto non controllato africa
african animals
african conservation efforts
animals
antelope
biological science of mammals
biology
connochaetes
conservation
eastern africa
ecology
evolution
gnu
grazing mammals
life history
mammals
migration
ngorongoro
range wide population declines
reproductive system
savanna ecosystem
savanna
serengeti
social organization
southern africa
wildebeest population
wildebeest
wilderness
wildlife
ISBN 0-520-95819-5
Classificazione WS 9200
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto 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
Record Nr. UNINA-9910825194703321
Estes Richard  
Berkeley, California ; ; Los Angeles, California ; ; London, England : , : University of California Press, , 2014
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui