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Serengeti IV电子书

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作       者:Anthony R. E. Sinclair and Kristine L. Metzger

出  版  社:University of Chicago Press

出版时间:2015-11-05

字       数:162.0万

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The vast savannas and great migrations of the Serengeti conjure impressions of a harmonious and balanced ecosystem. But in reality, the history of the Serengeti is rife with battles between human and non-human nature. In the 1890s and several times since, the cattle virus rinderpest-at last vanquished in 2008-devastated both domesticated and wild ungulate populations, as well as the lives of humans and other animals who depended on them. In the 1920s, tourists armed with the world's most expensive hunting gear filled the grasslands. And in recent years, violence in Tanzania has threatened one of the most successful long-term ecological research centers in history.Serengeti IV, the latest installment in a long-standing series on the region's ecology and biodiversity, explores 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. In order to succeed, conservation efforts must also focus on the welfare of indigenous peoples, allowing them both to sustain their agricultural practices and to benefit from the natural resources provided by protected areas-an undertaking that will require the strengthening of government and education systems and, as such, will present one of the greatest conservation challenges of the next century.
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Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

1 Conservation in a Human-Dominated World

2 Shaping the Serengeti Ecosystem

I. Natural Sources of Heterogeneity and Disturbance

3 Scales of Change in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem

4 Fire in the Serengeti Ecosystem: History, Drivers, and Consequences

5 Spatial and Temporal Drivers of Plant Structure and Diversity in Serengeti Savannas

6 Why Are Wildebeest the Most Abundant Herbivore in the Serengeti Ecosystem?

7 Climate-Induced Effects on the Serengeti Mammalian Food Web

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

9 Biodiversity and the Dynamics of Riverine Forests in Serengeti

10 Invertebrates of the Serengeti: Disturbance Effects on Arthropod Diversity and Abundance

11 The Butterflies of Serengeti: Impact of Environmental Disturbance on Biodiversity

12 Small Mammal Diversity and Population Dynamics in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem

13 Bird Diversity of the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem: Spatial Patterns of Taxonomic and Functional Richness and Turnover

14 The Effect of Natural Disturbances on the Avian Community of the Serengeti Woodlands

15 Carnivore Communities in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem

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

17 Transitions in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area: The Story of Land Use, Human Well-Being, and Conservation

18 Agricultural Expansion and Human Population Trends in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem from 1984 to 2003

19 Infectious Diseases in the Serengeti: What We Know and How We Know It

IV. Coupled Human-Natural Interactions

20 Socioecological Dynamics and Feedbacks in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem

21 Living in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem: Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence

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

23 Human Health in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem

24 Multiple Functions and Institutions: Management Complexity in the Serengeti Ecosystem

25 Sustainability of the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem for Wildlife and People

VI. Synthesis

26 The Role of Research in Conservation and the Future of the Serengeti

27 The Future of Conservation: Lessons from the Serengeti

Contributors

Index

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