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A hilarious, highly original collection of essays based on the Botswana truism: only food runs! Allison presents the guides-eye view of living in the bush, confronting the worlds fiercest terrain of wild animals, and managing herds of gaping tourists. See also [stock id 30171].

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.

A guide to the predators of the African bush. Each chapter is devoted to a predator – lions, cheetahs, leopards, hyenas and crocodiles – and delves into their biology and behaviours, how and when to observe them, facts and statistics. It also features photos that show both common and rarely seen behaviours.