Book ID 244
Sinclair, A.R.E and Norton-Griffiths, M (Editors) Serengeti: Dynamics of an Ecosystem 1979
Extract Date: 1880's
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Extract ID: 865
A viral disease which affects ruminants. It occurs naturally in Asia, and was introduced to Africa in the 1880s. Immunity can be acquired, provided the animal survives a year.
Sinclair, A.R.E and Norton-Griffiths, M (Editors) Serengeti: Dynamics of an Ecosystem 1979
Extract Date: 1890-2
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Extract ID: 868
Rinderpest struck East Africa in 1890, and in two years 95 percent of the buffalo and wildebeest there had died. So began a series of events of such profound ecological importance that the repercussions are still being felt today. [see also under Maasai for the efects on them]
Sinclair, A.R.E and Norton-Griffiths, M (Editors) Serengeti: Dynamics of an Ecosystem 1979
Extract Date: 1917-18
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Extract ID: 869
further outbreaks of Rinderpest
Sinclair, A.R.E and Norton-Griffiths, M (Editors) Serengeti: Dynamics of an Ecosystem 1979
Extract Date: 1923
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Extract ID: 870
further outbreaks of Rinderpest
Sinclair, A.R.E and Norton-Griffiths, M (Editors) Serengeti: Dynamics of an Ecosystem 1979
Extract Date: 1925
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Extract ID: 871
milder strain of Rinderpest appears, and animals begin to acquire immunity
Sinclair, A.R.E and Norton-Griffiths, M (Editors) Serengeti: Dynamics of an Ecosystem 1979
Extract Date: 1938-41
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Extract ID: 872
further outbreaks of Rinderpest. In each case the disease spread from northern Tanzania southward.
Sinclair, A.R.E and Norton-Griffiths, M (Editors) Serengeti: Dynamics of an Ecosystem 1979
Extract Date: 1955-6
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Extract ID: 873
no outbreaks detected in wild species
Sinclair, A.R.E and Norton-Griffiths, M (Editors) Serengeti: Dynamics of an Ecosystem 1979
Extract Date: 1957-9
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Extract ID: 874
reappeared with heavy mortality
Sinclair, A.R.E and Norton-Griffiths, M (Editors) Serengeti: Dynamics of an Ecosystem 1979
Extract Date: 1962
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Extract ID: 875
Last year that Rinderpest was detected in wildebeest of the Serengeti, Mara, and Ngorongoro, and 1963 was the last year for buffalo.
Sinclair, A.R.E and Norton-Griffiths, M (Editors) Serengeti: Dynamics of an Ecosystem 1979
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Extract ID: 1342
At the present time all monitoring has ceased because of lack of funding.
Sinclair, A.R.E and Norton-Griffiths, M (Editors) Serengeti: Dynamics of an Ecosystem 1979
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Extract ID: 603
..continued it [Directorship of the Serengeti Research Institute] until 1976.
Sinclair, A.R.E and Norton-Griffiths, M (Editors) Serengeti: Dynamics of an Ecosystem 1979
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Extract ID: 754
Eruptions have been recorded in 1917, 1921, 1940 and 1966.
Sinclair, A.R.E and Norton-Griffiths, M (Editors) Serengeti: Dynamics of an Ecosystem 1979
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Extract ID: 1339
was built with a major grant from the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, and additional buildings were provided by the Caesar Kleburg Foundation [of Texas A & M University]. Operating costs were provided by the Ford Foundation, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), and Tanzania National Parks.
Sinclair, A.R.E and Norton-Griffiths, M (Editors) Serengeti: Dynamics of an Ecosystem 1979
Page Number: coversheet
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Extract ID: 1314
associate at the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment, University College, London
