Savannas of Our Birth: People, Wildlife, and Change in East Africa
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1. Verfasser: Reid, Robin S. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley University of California Press 2012
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This book tells the sweeping story of the role that East African savannas played in human evolution, how people, livestock, and wildlife interact in the region today, and how these relationships might shift as the climate warms, the world globalizes, and human populations grow.Our ancient human ancestors were nurtured by African savannas, which today support pastoral peoples and the last remnants of great Pleistocene herds of large mammals. Why has this wildlife thrived best where they live side-by-side with humans? Ecologist Robin S. Reid delves into the evidence to find that herding is often
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Searching for the Middle Ground; Chapter 2: Savannas of our Birth; Chapter 3: Pastoral People, Livestock, and Wildlife; Chapter 4: Moving Continents, Varying Climate, and Abundant Wildlife: Drivers of Human Evolution?; Chapter 5: Ecosystem Engineers Come of Age; Chapter 6: Can Pastoral People and Livestock Enrich Savanna Landscapes?; Chapter 7: When Coexistence Turns into Conflict; Chapter 8: The Serengeti- Mara: "Wild Africa" or Ancient Land of People?
Chapter 9: Amboseli: "Cattle Create Trees, Elephants Create Grassland" in the Shadow of KilimanjaroChapter 10: The Kaputiei Plains: The Last Days of an Urban Savanna?; Chapter 11: Ngorongoro: A Grand Experiment of People and Wildlife; Chapter 12: Savannas of our future: Finding diversity in the Middle Ground; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (411 p.)
ISBN:0520954076
9780520954076

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