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Responses of the Serengeti avifauna to long-term change in the environment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Anthony RE Sinclair --- Beaty Biodiversity Research Centre, Canada Ally Nkwabi --- Serengeti Biodiversity Program, Tanzania Simon AR Mduma --- Beaty Biodiversity Research Centre, Canada Flora Magige --- Department of Zoology and Wildlife Conservation, TanzaniaIn this paper we examine how climate change interacts with other disturbances to alter the functioning of a tropical ecosystem, the Serengeti in Tanzania. Tropical Africa has increasing temperatures and changes in rainfall. Long-term data have shown how the avifauna... -
Intraspecific prey choice of bushmeat hunters outside the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania: a preliminary analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Tomas Holmern --- Department of Biology, Norway Samson Mkama --- Serengeti Regional Conservation Project, Tanzania John Muya --- Serengeti Regional Conservation Project, Tanzania Eivin Røskaft --- Department of Biology, NorwayIn this study we investigated intraspecific prey choice of illegal bushmeat hunters outside the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. During the study 151 animals belonging to 12 species were reported killed. The majority, 76%, of prey species were migratory herbivores. Night... -
Breeding ecology of Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori strunthiunculus in the Serengeti National Park
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Emmanuel C Mmassy --- Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, Tanzania Robert D Fyumagwa --- Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, Tanzania Kjetil Bevanger --- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Norway Eivin Røskaft --- Department of Biology, NorwayThe breeding ecology of the Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori strunthiunculus was studied in the plains of the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania in 2014 and 2015. Random transects were used to search for male courtship displays, nests, chicks and subadults. GPS... -
Serengeti amphibians: Distribution and monitoring baseline
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: Alan Channing --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa A.R.E. Sinclair --- University of British Columbia, Canada S.A.R. Mduma --- Serengeti Biodiversity Programme, Tanzania D. Moyer --- Wildlife Conservation Society, Tanzania D. A. Kreulen --- , NetherlandsThe Serengeti National Park in Tanzania was surveyed for amphibians in May 2003. Records were based on the collection of adults and tadpoles, and the recording of male advertisement calls. Literature records, museum records, and field notes from an earlier... -
Breeding population status and nesting preferences of the White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus in western Serengeti, northern Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Vainess Laizer --- Department of Wildlife Management, College of Forestry, Wildlife and Tourism, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania Peter S Goodman --- Grumeti Fund, Tanzania Noel Mbise --- Grumeti Fund, Tanzania Claire Bracebridge --- The Peregrine Fund, The World Center for Birds of Prey, United States Kate Tiedeman --- Max Planck Institute for Animal Behavior, Germany Corrine J Kendall --- The Peregrine Fund, The World Center for Birds of Prey, United States Robert Byamungu --- Department of Wildlife Management, College of Forestry, Wildlife and Tourism, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania Shombe N Hassan --- Department of Wildlife Management, College of Forestry, Wildlife and Tourism, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania Kristen D Snyder --- Grumeti Fund, TanzaniaThe White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus is Critically Endangered because of its decline across its range in Africa, largely due to poisoning. The western corridor of the Serengeti ecosystem in northern Tanzania hosts a significant number of individuals of this species...