TY - BOOK AU - Estes,Richard ED - Project Muse. TI - The gnu's world: Serengeti wildebeest ecology and life history SN - 9780520958197 AV - QL737.U53 E88 2014 U1 - 599.64/59 23 PY - 2014///] CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Gnus KW - Tanzania KW - Serengeti Plain KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: the author's 50-year history of wildebeest research -- Africa : the real home where the antelopes roam -- African savannahs -- Introducing the wildebeest's tribe -- Wildebeest subspecies and status of migratory populations -- Growth and protection of the Serengeti wildebeest population -- Serengeti grasslands and the wildebeest migration -- Social organization in migratory and resident populations -- Male and female life histories -- Competition, facilitation and wildebeest impact on associated herbivores -- The rut : how half-a-million cows are bred within three weeks -- The calving season : birth and survival of wildebeest calves -- Serengeti shall not die? UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780520958197/ ER -