The Serengeti ecosystem: species richness patterns, grazing, and land-use
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The Serengeti National Park is a natural laboratory for many reasons, particularly because it is a large, continuous stretch of land that harbors very diverse and dense biological fauna that has not been modified through human-induced changes. The ecosystem spans a precipitation, nutrient availability, and productivity gradient and is contained within areas managed under different land use practices.
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A 1999 survey across 113 plots in the woodland portion of the Serengeti provided a mean tree density estimate used as an empirical reference point.
“we used data from a 1999 survey conducted across 113 plots in the woodland portion of the Serengeti [40]. This gave us a mean value of tree ha−1 in 1999.”
From A Disease-Mediated Trophic Cascade in the Serengeti and its Implications for Ecosystem C (2009) · cites this paper as [40]
Tree carbon in the woodland portion of the Serengeti ecosystem in 1999 was estimated at 997 Mg C km−2.
“We obtained a point estimate of tree C for 1999 (of 997 Mg C km−2) in the woodland portion of the ecosystem by combining our plot data [40] with allometric equations relating stem and crown diameter with aboveground and belowground biomass in Acacia tortilis [67]”
From A Disease-Mediated Trophic Cascade in the Serengeti and its Implications for Ecosystem C (2009) · cites this paper as [40]
- Authors
- Metzger, K. L., Reich, R., Coughenour, M., Boes, D., & Stohlgren, T.
- Venue
- Colorado State University. Libraries
- Publisher
- Colorado State University. Libraries
- Published
- 2002
- OpenAlex
- W7125596251
- Cited by
- 0
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Locations
- Colorado State University
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Keywords
- Serengeti National Park, species richness, grazing, land use, precipitation gradient, nutrient availability, ecosystem productivity, biodiversity gradients, protected area management
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