Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: The Author’s Fifty-Year History of Wildebeest Research 1
5. 1. Africa: The Real Home Where Antelopes Roam 25
6. 2. African Savannas: Understanding the Tropical Climate, Vegetation, and the Gnu’s Ecological Niche 45
7. 3. Introducing the Wildebeest’s Tribe: Similarities and Differences among the Four Genera and Seven Species 65
8. 4. The Four Wildebeest Subspecies and the Status of Migratory Populations 85
9. 5. Increase and Protection of the Serengeti Wildebeest Population 109
10. 6. Serengeti Grasslands and the Wildebeest Migration 123
11. 7. Social Organization: Comparison of Migratory and Resident Populations 143
12. 8. Male and Female Life Histories 161
13. 9. Cooperation and Competition among Twenty-Seven Ungulates That Coexist with the Wildebeest 185
14. 10. The Amazing Migration and Rut of the Serengeti Wildebeest 213
15. 11. The Calving Season: Birth and Survival in Small Herds and on Calving Grounds 239
16. 12. Serengeti Shall Not Die? Africa’s Most Iconic World Heritage Site under Siege 263
17. Bibliography 317
18. Index 339