Serengeti

Serengeti
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 438
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ISBN-10 : 0226760294
ISBN-13 : 9780226760292
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Book Synopsis Serengeti by : A. R. E. Sinclair

Download or read book Serengeti written by A. R. E. Sinclair and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dynamics of the serengeti ecosystem: process and pattern; The serengeti environment; Grassland-herbivore dynamics; The eruption of the ruminants; The migration and grazing succession; Feeding strategy and the pattern of resource-partitioning in ungulates; Energy costs of locomotion and the concept of foraging radius; The dynamics of ungulate social organization; Serengeti predators and their social systems; Population changes in lions and other predators; The adaptations of scavengers; A simulation of the wildebeest population, other ungulates, and their predators; The influence of grazing, browsing, and fire on the vegetation dynamics of the serengeti; Changes in populations of resident ungulates.


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