Preface and Acknowledgments 1 Conservation in a Human-Dominated World Anthony R. E. Sinclair and Andy Dobson 2 Shaping the Serengeti Ecosystem Anthony R. E. Sinclair, Andy Dobson, Simon A. R. Mduma, and Kristine L. Metzger I.
Natural Sources of Heterogeneity and Disturbance 3 Scales of Change in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem Kristine L. Metzger, Anthony R. E. Sinclair, Sandy Macfarlane, Michael B. Coughenour, and Junyan Ding 4 Fire in the Serengeti Ecosystem: History, Drivers, and Consequences Stephanie Eby, Jan Dempewolf, Ricardo M. Holdo, and Kristine L. Metzger 5 Spatial and Temporal Drivers of Plant Structure and Diversity in Serengeti Savannas T. Michael Anderson, John Bukombe, and Kristine L.
Metzger 6 Why Are Wildebeest the Most Abundant Herbivore in the Serengeti Ecosystem? J. Grant C. Hopcraft, Ricardo M. Holdo, Ephraim Mwangomo, Simon Mduma, Simon J. Thirgood, Markus Borner, John M. Fryxell, Han Olff, and Anthony R .E. Sinclair 7 Climate-Induced Effects on the Serengeti Mammalian Food Web John M.
Fryxell, Kristine L. Metzger, Craig Packer, Anthony R. E. Sinclair, and Simon A. R. Mduma II. Response of Biodiversity to Disturbance 8 From Bacteria to Elephants: Effects of Land-Use Legacies on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes in the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem Louis V. Verchot, Naomi L.
Ward, Jayne Belnap, Deborah Bossio, Michael Coughenour, John Gibson, Olivier Hanotte, Andrew N. Muchiru, Susan L. Phillips, Blaire Steven, Diana H. Wall, and Robin S. Reid 9 Biodiversity and the Dynamics of Riverine Forests in Serengeti Roy Turkington, Gregory Sharam, and Anthony R. E. Sinclair 10 Invertebrates of the Serengeti: Disturbance Effects on Arthropod Diversity and Abundance Sara N. de Visser, Bernd P.
Freymann, Robert F. Foster, Ally K. Nkwabi, Kristine L. Metzger, Andrew W. Harvey, and Anthony R. E. Sinclair 11 The Butterflies of Serengeti: Impact of Environmental Disturbance on Biodiversity Anthony R. E.
Sinclair, Ally K. Nkwabi, and Kristine L. Metzger 12 Small Mammal Diversity and Population Dynamics in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem Andrea E. Byrom , Wendy A. Ruscoe , Ally J. K. Nkwabi , Kristine L. Metzger , Guy J.
Forrester , Meggan E. Craft , Sarah M. Durant , Stephen Makacha , John Bukombe , John Mchetto , Simon A. R. Mduma , Denne N. Reed , Katie Hampson , and Anthony R. E. Sinclair 13 Bird Diversity of the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem: Spatial Patterns of Taxonomic and Functional Richness and Turnover Jill E.
Jankowski, Anthony R. E. Sinclair, and Kristine L. Metzger 14 The Effect of Natural Disturbances on the Avian Community of the Serengeti Woodlands Ally K. Nkwabi, Anthony R. E. Sinclair, Kristine L. Metzger, and Simon A.
R. Mduma 15 Carnivore Communities in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem Meggan E. Craft, Katie Hampson, Joseph O. Ogutu, and Sarah M. Durant III. The Human Ecosystem and Its Response to Disturbance 16 The Plight of the People: Understanding the Social-Ecological Context of People Living on the Western Edge of Serengeti National Park Eli J. Knapp, Dennis Rentsch, Jennifer Schmitt, and Linda M. Knapp 17 Transitions in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area: The Story of Land Use, Human Well-Being, and Conservation Kathleen A.
Galvin, Randall B. Boone, J. Terrence McCabe, Ann L. Magennis, and Tyler A. Beeton 18 Agricultural Expansion and Human Population Trends in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem from 1984 to 2003 Anna B. Estes, T. Kuemmerle, H. Kushnir, V.
C. Radeloff, and H. H. Shugart 19 Infectious Diseases in the Serengeti: What We Know and How We Know It Tiziana Lembo, Harriet Auty, Katie Hampson, Meggan Craft, Andy Dobson, Robert Fyumagwa, Eblate Ernest, Dan Haydon, Richard Hoare, Magai Kaare, Felix Lankester, Titus Mlengeya, Dominic Travis, and Sarah Cleaveland IV. Coupled Human-Natural Interactions 20 Socioecological Dynamics and Feedbacks in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem Ricardo M. Holdo and Robert D. Holt 21 Living in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem: Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence Katie Hampson, J. Terrence McCabe, Anna Estes, Joseph O.
Ogutu, Dennis Rentsch, Meggan Craft, Cuthbert B. Hemed, Eblate Ernest, Richard Hoare, Bernard Kissui, Lucas Malugu, Emmanuel Masenga, and Sarah Cleaveland. V. Consequences of Disturbance for Policy, Management, and Conservation 22 Bushmeat Hunting in the Serengeti Ecosystem: An Assessment of Drivers and Impact on Migratory and Nonmigratory Wildlife Dennis Rentsch, Ray Hilborn, Eli J. Knapp, Kristine L. Metzger, and Martin Loibooki 23 Human Health in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem Linda M. Knapp, Eli J. Knapp, Kristine L.
Metzger, Dennis Rentsch, Rene Beyers, Katie Hampson, Jennifer Schmitt, Sarah Cleaveland, and Kathleen Galvin 24 Multiple Functions and Institutions: Management Complexity in the Serengeti Ecosystem Deborah Randall, Anke Fischer, Alastair Nelson, Maurus Msuha, Asanterabi Lowassa, and Camilla Sandström 25 Sustainability of the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem for Wildlife and People Robin S. Reid, Kathleen A. Galvin, Eli J. Knapp, Joseph O. Ogutu, and Dickson S. Kaelo VI. Synthesis 26 The Role of Research in Conservation and the Future of Serengeti Anthony R. E.
Sinclair, Julius D. Keyyu, Simon A. R. Mduma, Mtango Mtahiko, Emily Kisamo, J. Grant C. Hopcraft, John Fryxell, Kristine L. Metzger, and Markus Borner 27 The Future of Conservation: Lessons from the Serengeti Anthony R. E.
Sinclair, Andy Dobson, Kristine L. Metzger, John Fryxell, and Simon A. R. Mduma Contributors Index.