Book
Ecology of western Masailand, east Africa
University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1964 • Pages:
By: Talbot, Lee M. (Lee Merriam).
Abstract
This is an ecological study of Serengeti-Mara plains region and its surroundings in Kenya and Tanganyika; or, the study of western Maasailand by which Maasai territory west of the Great Rift Valley is understood. This division of Maasai should be noted as geographical, only. The grassland ecosystem with its wild fauna and the Maasai with their pastoral practices of over grazing and grass burning as principal components of the ecosystem are given detailed analysis in this doctoral thesis.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1996
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Geographer
- Ecologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Dubravka Schmalzbauer ; Sigrid Khera ; 1973
- Field Date
- 1956, 1959-1962
- Coverage Date
- 1956-1962
- Coverage Place
- Kenya and Tanzania
- Notes
- by Lee Merriam Talbot
- UM: 64-2144
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 429)
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of California, Berkeley, 1963
- LCSH
- Masai (African people)