Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface and Acknowledgments ix
4. 1. Conservation in a Human- Dominated World 1
5. 2. Shaping the Serengeti Ecosystem 11
6. I. Natural Sources of Heterogeneity and Disturbance
7. 3. Scales of Change in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem 33
8. 4. Fire in the Serengeti Ecosystem: History, Drivers, and Consequences 73
9. 5. Spatial and Temporal Drivers of Plant Structure and Diversity in Serengeti Savannas 105
10. 6. Why Are Wildebeest the Most Abundant Herbivore in the Serengeti Ecosystem? 125
11. 7. Climate- Induced Effects on the Serengeti Mammalian Food Web 175
12. PART II. Response of Biodiversity to Disturbance
13. 8. From Bacteria to Elephants: Effects of Land- Use Legacies on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes in the Serengeti- Mara Ecosystem 195
14. 9. Biodiversity and the Dynamics of Riverine Forests in Serengeti 235
15. 10. Invertebrates of the Serengeti: Disturbance Effects on Arthropod Diversity and Abundance 265
16. 11. The Butterflies of Serengeti: Impact of Environmental Disturbance on Biodiversity 301
17. 12. Small Mammal Diversity and Population Dynamics in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem 323
18. 13. Bird Diversity of the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem: Spatial Patterns of Taxonomic and Functional Richness and Turnover 359
19. 14. The Effect of Natural Disturbances on the Avian Community of the Serengeti Woodlands 395
20. 15. Carnivore Communities in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem 419
21. PART III. The Human Ecosystem and Its Response to Disturbance
22. 16. The Plight of the People: Understanding the Social- Ecological Context of People Living on the Western Edge of Serengeti National Park 451
23. 17. Transitions in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area: The Story of Land Use, Human Well- Being, and Conservation 483
24. 18. Agricultural Expansion and Human Population Trends in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem from 1984 to 2003 513
25. 19. Infectious Diseases in the Serengeti: What We Know and How We Know It 533
26. PART IV. Coupled Human- Natural Interactions
27. 20. Socioecological Dynamics and Feedbacks in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem 585
28. 21 Living in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem: Human- Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence 607
29. PART V. Consequences of Disturbance for Policy, Management, and Conservation
30. 22. Bushmeat Hunting in the Serengeti Ecosystem: An Assessment of Drivers and Impact on Migratory and Nonmigratory Wildlife 649
31. 23. Human Health in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem 679
32. 24. Multiple Functions and Institutions: Management Complexity in the Serengeti Ecosystem 701
33. 25. Sustainability of the Serengeti- Mara Ecosystem for Wildlife and People 737
34. PART VI. Synthesis
35. 26. The Role of Research in Conservation and the Future of the Serengeti 775
36. 27. The Future of Conservation: Lessons from the Serengeti 797
37. Contributors 813
38. Index 819