Serengeti National Park: References & Edit History
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Harold T.P. Hayes, The Last Place on Earth (1977, reissued 1983); and A.R.E. Sinclair, Serengeti Story: A Scientist in Paradise (2012), provide overviews of the park and its history; the latter title also reviews the research that has been conducted at the park and comments on its importance for modern conservation efforts. The park’s ecosystem and the impact of humans are detailed in the companion volumes A.R.E. Sinclair and M. Norton-Griffiths (eds.), Serengeti: Dynamics of an Ecosystem (1979); and A.R.E. Sinclair and Peter Arcese (eds.), Serengeti II: Dynamics, Management, and Conservation of an Ecosystem (1995). Mitsuaki Iwago, Serengeti: Natural Order on the African Plain, trans. from Japanese (1987), presents a collection of 280 colour photographs. Studies of animals include George B. Schaller, The Serengeti Lion (1972), a foundational study, and Golden Shadows, Flying Hooves (1973, reissued 1989), covering various mammals; George Frame and Lory Frame, Swift & Enduring (1981), on the Serengeti cheetah and now-extinct wild dog; Jonathan Scott, The Great Migration (1989), on the gnu; T.M. Caro, Cheetahs of the Serengeti Plains: Group Living in an Asocial Species (1994); and Fritz R. Walther, In the Country of Gazelles (1995).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Updated the numbers of plains animals and the discussion of threats to the park's animal population. | Oct 07, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Live Science - The Serengeti: Plain Facts about National Park & Animals. | Mar 11, 2020 | ||
| Deleted detail about what the horn of the black rhinoceros is used for. | Jan 14, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Serengeti National Park, Tanzania - Home to the Great Migration. | Feb 21, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Serengeti National Park, Tanzania - Home to the Great Migration. | Feb 21, 2019 | ||
| Bibliography updated to mention Serengeti Story: A Scientist in Paradise. |
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Dec 05, 2012 | |
| Add new Web site: Zoologische Gesellschaft Frankfurt - Serengeti Conservation Project. | Aug 22, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: UNESCO World Heritage Convention - Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. | Aug 22, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Tanzania National Parks - Serengeti National Park. | Aug 21, 2012 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 10, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 12, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Mar 24, 1999 |