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Savannas of Our Birth: People, Wildlife, and Change in East Africa

Robin S. Reid - Nature - 2012 - 410 pages
"Ultimately, we can all trace our origins back to the savannas of Africa. Robin Reid's book provides an eloquent introduction into the biology of the savannas that shaped us as ...
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Bayesian Models: A Statistical Primer for Ecologists

N. Thompson Hobbs, Mevin Hooten - Science - 2015 - 315 pages
Bayesian modeling has become an indispensable tool for ecological research because it is uniquely suited to deal with complexity in a statistically coherent way. This textbook ...
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Serengeti III: Human Impacts on Ecosystem Dynamics

A. R. E. Sinclair, Craig Packer, Simon A. R. Mduma, John M. Fryxell - Science - 2009 - 534 pages
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 ...
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Staying Maasai?: Livelihoods, Conservation and Development in East African ...

Katherine Homewood, Patti Kristjanson, P. Trench - Nature - 2009 - 426 pages
The area of eastern Africa, which includes Tanzania and Kenya, is known for its savannas, wildlife and tribal peoples. Alongside these iconic images lie concerns about ...
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Cattle Bring Us to Our Enemies: Turkana Ecology, Politics, and Raiding in a ...

J. Terrence McCabe - Social Science - 2010 - 320 pages
An in-depth look at the ecology, history, and politics of land use among the Turkana pastoral people in Northern Kenya Based on sixteen years of fieldwork among the pastoral ...
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The Economics of Pastoralism: A Case Study of Sub-Saharan Africa

Z.A. Konczacki - Business & Economics - 2014 - 198 pages
The economics and future of pastoralism in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Building Resilience of Human-Natural Systems of Pastoralism in the ...

Shikui Dong, Karim-Aly S. Kassam, Jean François Tourrand, Randall B. Boone - Science - 2016 - 298 pages
This edited volume summarizes information about the situational context, threats, problems, challenges and solutions for sustainable pastoralism at a global scale. The book has ...
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