The Gnu's World

The Gnu's World
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 369
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ISBN-10 : 9780520958197
ISBN-13 : 0520958195
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Book Synopsis The Gnu's World by : Richard D. Estes

Download or read book The Gnu's World written by Richard D. Estes and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014-04-12 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first scholarly book on the antelope that dominates the savanna ecosystems of eastern and southern Africa. It presents a synthesis of research conducted over a span of fifty years, mainly on the wildebeest in the Ngorongoro and Serengeti ecosystems, where eighty percent of the world’s wildebeest population lives. Wildebeest and other grazing mammals drive the ecology and evolution of the savanna ecosystem. Richard D. Estes describes this process and also details the wildebeest’s life history, focusing on its social organization and unique reproductive system, which are adapted to the animal’s epic annual migrations. He also examines conservation issues that affect wildebeest, including range-wide population declines.


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