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Item Soil Factors Affecting the Distribution of the Grassland Types and their Utilization(1964) Anderson, G.D.; Talbot, L.M.; Northern Research Centre, Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Wildlife, Tengeru; Tanzania, and East African Agriculture and Forestry Research OrganizationThe world's greatest remaining concentrations of mixed plains wildlife are found in the region of the Serengeti Plains in northern Tanganyika. The various types of grassland on the plains and the associated patterns of use by the wild ungulates have long been of concern to those involved with wildlife research and conservation, and with management of the Serengeti National Park and environs (Brooks 1961; Grzimek & Grzimek 1960; Pearsall 1957; Talbot 1956; Talbot & Talbot 1963a; Tanganyika Government 1957). Climate, grazing, burning, and soil factors have been suggested as contributory to the distribution of grassland types on the plains. Clearly, each of these factors has played some part in the formation of the present grassland patterns, and soil factors reflecting the geology, topography, climate, and time of weathering are of basic importance. The purpose of this paper is to present and discuss the principal soil factors which relate to the distribution of the grassland types and their utilization by wildlife.Item A Survey of Past and Present Wildlife Research in East Africa(1965) Talbot, L.M.; Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California at Berkeley 2590 Cedar Street, Berkeley 8, California 94708, U.S.A.The survey involved visits throughout East Africa to contact those concerned with wildlife research, as well as a review of the available literature. This paper presents the results of the survey. Wildlife research in East Africa is not a unified field and pertinent data come from a variety of disciplines. Broadly speaking there are four major types of research involving wildlife that have been or are being carried out in East Africa: 1. Observations on natural history; 2. Taxonomic and distributional studies; 3. Research in other fields which happens to involve wildlife; 4. Systematic research focused on wildlife itself.
