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Serengeti III

Human Impacts on Ecosystem Dynamics

Edited by A. R. E. Sinclair, Craig Packer, Simon A. R. Mduma, and John M. Fryxel

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Edited by A. R. E. Sinclair, Craig Packer, Simon A. R. Mduma, and John M. Fryxel

512 pages | 50 halftones, 65 line drawings, 37 tables | 6 x 9 | © 2008
Cloth $125.00 ISBN: 9780226760339 Published October 2008
Paper $49.00 ISBN: 9780226760346 Published October 2008
E-book $7.00 to $39.00 About E-books ISBN: 9780226760353 Published May 2009
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. The third book of a ground- breaking series, 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. Serengeti III presents a timely and provocative look at the conservation status of one of earth’s most renowned ecosystems.  

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"This book builds on the previous two volumes on the Serengeti ecosystem. The first volume, Serengeti: The

Dynamics of an Ecosystem (CH, Sep'80), synthesizes the previous 20 years of research on herbivore-carnivore

population dynamics and vegetation-herbivore systems. The second, Serengeti II (CH, Feb'96, 33-3300), updates

information on ecosystem dynamics, conservation, and changes brought about by a growing population of pastoralists

and agriculturalists surrounding the Serengeti. Serengeti III focuses on major changes taking place in this ecosystem

and their impact on the future, intensified by the growing human population near the protected area. In 16

multiauthored chapters, ecologists, paleontologists, epidemiologists, economists, social scientists, and mathematicians

report on a program that integrates socioeconomic research and decision making with ecological research. The goal is

to develop a better understanding of the feedback loop between natural and human components of the Serengeti

ecosystem. This work is best studied in the context of the other two volumes. The three together provide an

unparalleled long-term study of natural and anthropogenic changes to a large, intact ecosystem and offer approaches

to conservation. A critical addition to the conservation biology library....Essential."

Nathalie Pettorelli | Ecoscience
"This book illustrates the complexity of the challenges ahead for the Serengeti ecosystem, as well as the need for integrative, multidisciplinary approaches."

Ian Powell | Biologist
"An important extension of previous volumes and a valuable case study in community-based conservation."

W.G. Doerrgeloh | Integrative and Comparative Biology
"Serengeti III's value lies in its extensive coverage of the ecosystem processes, providing the background for conservation planning and management. . . . A valuable and important reference for students, scientists and managers in landscape ecology, park management, rangeland management, wildlife conservation, and social ecology."

Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements

1. Introduction: Understanding the greater Serengeti Ecosystem
     Craig Packer and Stephen Polaski

2. Historical and Future Changes to the Serengeti Ecosystem
     A. R. E. Sinclair, J. Grant C. Hopcraft, Han Olff, Simon A. R. Mduma, Kathleen A. Galvin, and Gregory J. Sharam

3. Paleoecology of the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem
     Charles R. Peters, Robert J. Blumenschine, Richard L. Hay, Daniel A. Livingstone, Curtis W. Marean, Terry Harrison, Miranda Armour-Chelu, Peter Andrews, Raymond L. Bernor, Raymond Bonnefille, and Lars Werdelin

4. The Resource Basis of Human-Wildlife Interaction
     Han Olff and J. Grant C. Hopcraft

5. Generation and Maintenence of Heterogeneity in the Serengeti Ecosystem
     T. Michael Anderson, Jan Dempewolf, Kristine L. Metzger, Denné N. Reed, and Suzanne Serneels

6. Gobal Environmental Changes and Teir Impact on the Serengeti
     Mark E. Ritchie

7. The Multiple Roles of Infectious Diseases in the Serengeti Ecosystem
     Sarah Cleaveland, Craig Packer, Katie Hampson, Magai Kaare, Richard Kock, Meggan Craft, Tiziana Limbo, Titus Mlengeya, and Andy Dobson

8. Reticulate Food Webs in in Space and Time: Messages from the Serengeti
     Robert D. Holt, Peter A. Abrams, John M. Fryxell, and T. Kimbrell

9. Spatial Dynamics and Coexistance of the Serengeti Grazer Community
     John M. Fryxell, Peter A. Abrams, Robert D. Holt, John F. Wilmshurst, A. R. E. Sinclair, and Ray Hilborn

10. Dynamic Consequences of Human Behavior in in the Serengeti Ecosystem
     Christopher Costello, Nicholas Burger, Kathleen A. Galvin, Ray Hilborn, and Stephen Polasky

11. Human Response to Change: Modeling Household Decision Making in Western Serengeti
     Kathleen A. Galvin, Steven Polasky, Christopher Costello, and Martin Loibooki

12. Larger Scale Influences on the Serengeti Ecosystem: National and International Policy, Economics, and Human Demography
     Stephen Polasky, Jennifer Schmitt, Christopher Costello, Liaila Tajibaeva

13. Land-Use Economics in the Mara Area of the Serengeti Ecosystem
     Mike Norton-Griffiths, Mohammed Y. Said, Suzanne Serneels, Dixon S. Kaelo, Mike Coughenour, Richard H. Lamprey, D. Michael Thompson, and Robin S. Reid

14. Propagation of Change Through a Complex Ecosystem
     Ray Hilborn, A. R. E. Sinclair, and John M. Fryxell

15. Who Pays For Conservation? Current and Future Financing Scenarios for the Serengeti Ecosystem
     Simon Thurgood, Charles Mlingwa, Emmanuel Gereta, Victor Runyoro, Rob Malpas, Karen Laurenson, and Markus Borner

16. Integrating Conservation in Human and Natural Ecosystems
     A. R. E. Sinclair

Appendix: The Main Herbivorous Mammals and Crocodiles in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem
     Simon A. R. Mduma and J. Grant C. Hopcraft

Contributors
Index

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