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67,97 €Preface, vi
1 Introduction to the giraffe, 1
2 Origins, 13
3 Present distribution and geographical races, 26
4 Anatomy, 42
5 Physiology, 60
6 Individual behaviour, 76
7 Individual ecology, 100
8 Social networks, movement and population regulation, 134
9 Conservation status and wildlife reserves, 166
References, 187
Index, 217
The book will aim to bring together both old and new material on the biology of the giraffe. Since the spate of books in the 1960s and 1970s, there has been no new account of this species that includes fossil history, taxonomy & genetics, physiology, animal mechanics, behaviour, ecology and conservation, yet much has been published in the scientific literature. Of course the older work is still valid, and this will be integrated with the newer material. In particular the work of Dagg, Foster, Spinage and Kingdon will be recounted and brought up to date. A particularly good example of this is the social structure of the giraffe. J B Foster, in the 1960s, working in Nairobi National Park on Masai giraffe, did some excellent work on group structure and social networks. However this type of analysis has really only become possible with the advent of powerful computing and the development of network software such as UCNET. I started this type of network study on giraffes in Laikipia, Kenya, and continued it in Etosha N P, Namibia. Now I am advising on a project in Samburu National Reserve, Kenya. Bringing older work and newer studies together will therefore be a central aim of this new monograph. The book will interest a range of people from enthusiastic and informed naturalists, through final year undergraduates, to new research students and postdoctoral researchers. It will inform many wildlife professionals, and zoo staff.
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