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Title Serengeti IV : sustaining biodiversity in a coupled human-natural system / edited by Anthony R.E. Sinclair, Kristine L. Metzger, Simon A.R. Mduma, and John M. Fryxell
Published Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015

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Contents Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Conservation in a Human-Dominated World / Anthony R.E. Sinclair and Andy Dobson -- 2. Shaping the Serengeti Ecosystem / Anthony R.E. Sinclair, Andy Dobson, Simon A.R. Mduma, and Kristine L. Metsger -- I. Natural Sources of Heterogeneity and Disturbance -- 3. Scales of Change in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem / Kristine L. Metzger, Anthony R.E. Sinclair, Sandy Macfarlane, Michael Coughenour, and Junyan Ding -- 4. Fire in the Serengeti Ecosystem: History, Drivers, and Consequences / Stephanie Eby, Jan Dempewolf, Ricardo M. Holdo, and Kristine L. Metzger -- 5. Spatial and Temporal Drivers of Plant Structure and Diversity in Serengeti Savannas / T. Michael Anderson, John Bukombe, and Kristine L. Metzger -- 6. Why Are Wildebeest the Most Abundant Herbivore in the Serengeti Ecosystem? / J. Grant C. Hopcraft, Ricardo M. Holdo, Ephraim Mwangomo, Simon A.R. Mduma, Simon J. Thirgood, Markus Borner, John M. Fryxell, Han Olff, and Anthony R .E. Sinclair -- 7. Climate-Induced Effects on the Serengeti Mammalian Food Web / John M. Fryxell, Kristine L. Metzger, Craig Packer, Anthony R.E. Sinclair, and Simon A.R. Mduma -- II. Response of Biodiversity to Disturbance -- 8. From Bacteria to Elephants: Effects of Land-Use Legacies on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes in the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem / Louis V. Verchot, Naomi L. Ward, Jayne Belnap, Deborah Bossio, Michael Coughenour, John Gibson, Olivier Hanotte, Andrew N. Muchiru, Susan L. Phillips, Blaire Steven, Diana H. Wall, and Robin S. Reid -- 9. Biodiversity and the Dynamics of Riverine Forests in Serengeti / Roy Turkington, Gregory Sharam, and Anthony R.E. Sinclair
10. Invertebrates of the Serengeti: Disturbance Effects on Arthropod Diversity and Abundance / Sara N. de Visser, Bernd P. Freymann, Robert F. Foster, Ally K. Nkwabi, Kristine L. Metzger, Andrew W. Harvey, and Anthony R.E. Sinclair -- 11. The Butterflies of Serengeti: Impact of Environmental Disturbance on Biodiversity / Anthony R.E. Sinclair, Ally K. Nkwabi, and Kristine L. Metzger -- 12. Small Mammal Diversity and Population Dynamics in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem / Andrea E. Byrom, Wendy A. Ruscoe, Ally K. Nkwabi, Kristine L. Metzger, Guy J. Forrester, Meggan E. Craft, Sarah M. Durant, Stephen Makacha, John Bukombe, John Mchetto, Simon A.R. Mduma, Denne N. Reed, Katie Hampson, and Anthony R.E. Sinclair -- 13. Bird Diversity of the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem: Spatial Patterns of Taxonomic and Functional Richness and Turnover / Jill E. Jankowski, Anthony R.E. Sinclair, and Kristine L. Metzger -- 14. The Effect of Natural Disturbances on the Avian Community of the Serengeti Woodlands / Ally K. Nkwabi, Anthony R.E. Sinclair, Kristine L. Metzger, and Simon A.R. Mduma -- 15. Carnivore Communities in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem / Meggan E. Craft, Katie Hampson, Joseph O. Ogutu, and Sarah M. Durant -- III. The Human Ecosystem and Its Response to Disturbance -- 16. The Plight of the People: Understanding the Social-Ecological Context of People Living on the Western Edge of Serengeti National Park / Eli J. Knapp, Dennis Rentsch, Jennifer Schmitt, and Linda M. Knapp -- 17. Transitions in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area: The Story of Land Use, Human Well-Being, and Conservation / Kathleen A. Galvin, Randall B. Boone, J. Terrence McCabe, Ann L. Magennis, and Tyler A. Beeton
18. Agricultural Expansion and Human Population Trends in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem from 1984 to 2003 / Anna B. Estes, Tobias Kuemmerle, Hadas Kushnir, V.C. Radeloff, and H.H. Shugart -- 19. Infectious Diseases in the Serengeti: What We Know and How We Know It / Tiziana Lembo, Harriet Auty, Katie Hampson, Meggan E. Craft, Andy Dobson, Robert Fyumagwa, Eblate Ernest, Dan Haydon, Richard Hoare, Magai Kaare, Felix Lankester, Titus Mlengeya, Dominic Travis, and Sarah Cleaveland -- IV. Coupled Human- Natural Interactions -- 20. Socioecological Dynamics and Feedbacks in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem / Ricardo M. Holdo and Robert D. Holt -- 21. Living in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem: Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence / Katie Hampson, J. Terrence McCabe, Anna B. Estes, Joseph O. Ogutu, Dennis Rentsch, Meggan E. Craft, Cuthbert B. Hemed, Eblate Ernest, Richard Hoare, Bernard Kissui, Lucas Malugu, Emmanuel Masenga, and Sarah Cleaveland -- V. Consequences of Disturbance for Policy, Management, and Conservation -- 22. Bushmeat Hunting in the Serengeti Ecosystem: An Assessment of Drivers and Impact on Migratory and Nonmigratory Wildlife / Dennis Rentsch, Ray Hilborn, Eli J. Knapp, Kristine L. Metzger, and Martin Loibooki -- 23. Human Health in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem / Linda M. Knapp, Eli J. Knapp, Kristine L. Metzger, Dennis Rentsch, Rene Beyers, Katie Hampson, Jennifer Schmitt, Sarah Cleaveland, and Kathleen A. Galvin -- 24. Multiple Functions and Institutions: Management Complexity in the Serengeti Ecosystem / Deborah Randall, Anke Fischer, Alastair Nelson, Maurus Msuha, Asanterabi Lowassa, and Camilla Sandström -- 25. Sustainability of the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem for Wildlife and People / Robin S. Reid, Kathleen A. Galvin, Eli J. Knapp, Joseph O. Ogutu, and Dickson S. Kaelo -- VI. Synthesis
26. The Role of Research in Conservation and the Future of the Serengeti / Anthony R.E. Sinclair, Julius D. Keyyu, Simon A.R. Mduma, Mtango Mtahiko, Emily Kisamo, J. Grant C. Hopcraft, John M. Fryxell, Kristine L. Metzger, and Markus Borner -- 27. The Future of Conservation: Lessons from the Serengeti / Anthony R.E. Sinclair, Andy Dobson, Kristine L. Metzger, John M. Fryxell, and Simon A.R. Mduma -- Contributors -- Index
Summary The history of the Serengeti is rife with battles between humans and nature. An exploration of the role of our species as a source of both discord and balance in Serengeti ecosystem dynamics, through chapters charting the complexities of infectious disease transmission across populations, agricultural expansion, and the many challenges of managing this ecosystem today, this book shows how the people and landscapes surrounding crucial protected areas like Serengeti National Park can and must contribute to Serengeti conservation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Animal ecology -- Tanzania -- Serengeti National Park Region
Biodiversity conservation -- Tanzania -- Serengeti National Park Region
Ecosystem management -- Tanzania -- Serengeti National Park Region
Ecology.
Conservation of natural resources.
Ecology
Conservation of Natural Resources
ecology.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
Ecology
Conservation of natural resources
Animal ecology
Biodiversity conservation
Ecosystem management
SUBJECT Tanzania
Form Electronic book
Author Sinclair, A. R. E. (Anthony Ronald Entrican), editor.
Metzge, Kristine L., editor.
Mduma, Simon A. R., editor.
Fryxell, John M., 1954- editor.
ISBN 9780226196336
022619633X