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SOFTCOVER. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Thick octavo softcover; 665 pp.; b/w figures. Signed by author on title page. Tight binding, clean throughout. Green wraps though spine faded to blue. Light edge wear; previous owner's blind stamp to title page. Very Good. A comprehensive scientific synthesis of twenty years of research on the Serengeti-Mara area of East Africa. The work examines large-scale ecological processes, species interactions, and the abiotic environment, utilizing computer modeling to simulate the impacts of social, political, and economic change on the ecosystem. This volume builds upon the 1979 classic Serengeti: Dynamics of an Ecosystem.

Octavo, paperback,522 pp.,text illustrations. Serengeti National Park is one of the world's most diverse ecosystems, a natural laboratory for ecology, evolution, and conservation, with a history that dates back at least four million years to the beginnings of human evolution. The third book of a groundbreaking series, "Serengeti III" is the result of a long-term integrated research project that documents changes to this unique ecosystem every ten years. Bringing together researchers from a wide range of disciplines - ecologists, palaeontologists, economists, social scientists, mathematicians, and disease specialists - this volume focuses on the interactions between the natural system and the human-dominated agricultural system. By examining how changes in rainfall, wildebeest numbers, commodity prices, and human populations have affected the Serengeti ecosystem, the authors conclude that changes in the natural system have affected human welfare just as changes in the human system have affected the natural world. To promote both the conservation of biota and the sustainability of human welfare, the authors recommend community-based conservation and protected-area conservation., "Serengeti III" presents a timely and provocative look at the conservation status of one of earth's most renowned ecosystems.