Dave Taylor's African Safari


A	aardvark 17 \| 36, 37 aardwolf 3 \| 45 Abiotic Cycles 13 Abiotic Factors 4, 6, 8, 11 \| 2, 6, 7 \| 11 Acacia and giraffe 7 adaptation 6 AIDS 29 algae-growth of 11 algal bloom 8 alkaline lake 11 Altitude 9 Amboseli National Park-Kenya 8 antelope behavior guide 22 courtship behavior 22 dominance displays 22 flehem 22 middens 22 offensive threat displays 22 response to predators 22 scent marking 22 self adornment 22 self advertising 22 social behavior 22 submissive behaviors 22 antelope 12, 22 newborns 22 reproduction 22 gerenuk 11 roan 35 saiga 21 bush buck 3 evolution of 22 and water 22 anthropologists Leakey-Dr. Louis 1, 2 \| 6 Leakey-Dr. Mary 1, 2 \| 6 Leakey-Dr. Richard 4, 10 \| 10, 12 anthropology 1 ants (Crematogaster sp.) 7 ants and galls 7 ash (volcanic) 8
B	baboon gelada 3 olive 49 \| 20 dominance 49 predators of 49 troop life 49 bacteria 11 Bateleur 4 bee eater-little 23 beetles-dung 10 \| 18 Big Five 1 Biomass 2 Biotic Factors 1 birds number of species in Serengeti-Mara 5 bison 21 boma 8 bovids 22 colors of 22 scent glands of 22 browser 6, 7 \| 22 buffalo 12 \| 7 \| 27 buffalo (Cape) 36 bushbaby greater (see galago-greater) 50 \| 19 bushland 7 \| 4 bustard-kori 15 \| 28
C	cactus 4 caldera 2, 26 calorie (kilojoules) 4 Canadian Shield 6 candelabra tree (see euphorbia tree) 7 Canidae (dog family ) 37 canine teeth 37 caracal 47 carbohydrates 4 Carbon Cycle 13 carbon dioxide 13 \| 4 carbon gas 13 carnassial teeth 37 carnivore 1 \| 37 cat family(Felidae) 37 cheetah 6 \| 17 and lion 17 \| 6 and other predators 6 hunting methods of 6 life cycle of 6 Ngorongoro Crater- 17 prey of 6 social system of 6 speed of 6 and Ngorongoro Crater 6 chimpanzee 14 \| 49 \| 1 Chlorophyll 4 civet-African 39 civets and genet family (Viverridae) 37 Climate of Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem 5, 9 Climate rules 9 cold-blooded 1 common duiker 24 Competition 1, 6 Inter-specific 1 consumer 3, 8 Continental Drift 6, 7 Courser-two-banded 19 crane-crowned 14 Crater Lake-Kenya 14 Creek-Munge-Tanzania 8 \| 1, 6, 8, 9, 11, 14, 18, 26, 27 crocodile 13 \| 6 and wildebeest 31 Nile 1 and wildebeest migration 1 teeth of 1 food of 1 life cycle 1 sex determination in eggs 1 cud 21
D	dikdik 11 \| 22 Kirk's 23 dinosaurs 6 dog family (Canidae) 37 dog, wild 7 and Thomson's gazelle 7 behavior of 7 diseases of 7 dominance 7 hunting methods of 7 prey of 7 Serengeti population of 7 social system of 7 dove-ring-necked 10 dragon-Komodo 4 drought 11 dry season 11
E	eagle African fish 3 Bateleur 4 fish 13 martial 5 ecosystem 4 eco-unit 4 Efficiency 4 egret, cattle 9 migration to Americas 9 El Nino 13 eland 34 elephant-African 7 \| 17, 20 \| 9, 11, 17 \| 7, 19, 23 and fever tree 19 and mud holes 11 communication among 20 family life 20 food of 20 habitats of 20 in Lake Manyara National Park 2, 3 musth 7 musth in bulls 20 poaching of 20 \| 10 social system 20 subsonic communication of 20 trunk of 20 Endangered Species (d) hyena-spotted- 8 (e) dog-wild 7 (e) Elephant-African 20 (e) rhinoceros-black 42 (t) giraffe-reticulated 37 (t) giraffe-Rothchild's 37 (v) cheetah 6 (v) giraffe-Masai 37 (v) hippopotamus 41 (v) lion 10 (v)crocodile-Nile 1 Energy Input & Output 4 Equator 5 equids (horse family) 39 Ethology 1 even-toed ungulates 17 explorers European 12 Livingston, Dr. David 9 extinct species of Serengeti region 1, 3
F	falcon-pygmy 34 famine 12 Felidae (cat family) 37 Feline Immune Virus (FIV) 29 fire 12 elephants 12 grasslands 12 lion 12 storks 12 wildebeest numbers 12 wildlife 12 set by Maasai-importance of 12 and forests 12 Fisk-Karen 1 flamingo 12, 13 lesser 9, 11 flehem 31, 42 fly (Stomoxyx calcitranus) and Ngorongoro lions 10 Ngorongoro Crater and lions 12 Food (energy) 8 food chain 8 food pyramid 8, 10 food web 9 Forest Types 5 fox-bat-eared 42
G	galago-greater (bush baby-greater) 50 \| 19 galls 7 gastroliths 1 gazelle Robert's 27 Thomson's 6 \| 22, 26, 31 and wild dog 7 stotting behavior 7 gecko-house 3 genet-common 38 Geology of Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem 6 giraffe 12 and acacia trees 37 Masai 37 reticulated 11 Rothchild's 11 kindergarten 37 go-away bird-bare-faced 11 Gol Mountains 9 goose-Egyptian 9 gorilla 14 goshawk-pale-chanting 32 granite 6 \| 7 Grant's gazelle 22, 27, 31 grass 6 and elephants 6 and fire 12 and fire 6 dropseed (Sporobolus marginatus) 6 grazing effects on 6 red oat (Themeda trianda) 6 grasshopper 2 Grassland production 5, 6 grazer 6 effects on grass 6 Grazing Succession 6 Great Rift Valley 2 Grumeti River (KiraWira) 1 \| 11 \| 4 guineafowl, helmeted 5
H	hammerkop 10 hartebeest-Coke's (see kongoni) 29 herbivores and energy 4 basic body plan 17 heron goliath 13 Squacco 13 hindgut fermenter 17, 21, 39 hippopotamus 41 \| 13 \| 8, 27 communication 41 feeding habits 41 social system 41 HIV 29 hominids 1, 2 Australopithecus afarensis 1 Australopithecus boisei (robustus) 1, 2, 3 \| 6 diet of 1, 2 Homo erectus 3, 4, 5 Homo habilus 2, 3, 5 Homo sapiens 1, 2 , 5 tool kits of 1, 2 Turkana Boy 4 hornbill black and white casqued 26 \| 18 ground 27 Von der Decken's 25 horns 22 Hotels Kichwa Tembo Camp-Kenya 17, 18 Lake Baringo Country Club-Kenya 13 Lake Bogoria Lodge-Kenya 13 Lake Manyara Serena-Tanzania 2 Lake Naivasha Lodge-Kenya 14 Lobo Lodge-Tanzania 3 Mara Sarova Camp-Kenya 15, 16 Mount Kenya Safari Club-Kenya 10 New Stanley-Kenya 9 Ngorongoro Sopa 24 Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge-Tanzania 7 Samburu Lodge-Kenya 11 Serengeti Sopa Lodge-Tanzania 3 Shimba Hills Lodge-Kenya 19 Hyaenidae (hyena family) 37 hydrogen 13 hyena 8 hyena family (Hyaenidae) 37 hyena-spotted 8 \| 10, 12 ability to digest bones 8 and lion 8 and Ngorongoro Crater 8 and other predators 8 behavior of cubs 8 clans of 8 false penis 8 hunting behavior of 8 male's role in clan 8 research by Kruuk-Hans 8 society of 8 hyrax 17 \| 18 bush 19 rock 18 latrine as a territorial marker 18 territorial behavior of 18
I	impala 28 insects 11
J	jackal black-backed 41 golden 40 \| 15
K	Kenya and Somalia 10 Kenya Wildlife Service 10 \| 16, 17 \| 10 Isiolo 10 ban on hunting 10 elephant poaching and 10 Mombasa 1, 19 Nairobi 19 Samburu District 10 Samburu/Buffalo Springs Game Reserve 11 tourism in 10 Kenyatta, President Jomo 10 \| 10, 12 kilojoules (calorie) 4 kingfisher-gray-headed 22 kite-black 33 \| 18 klipspringer 25 kongoni (Coke's hartebeest) 29 \| 6 kopje 6 \| 7 \| 4, 18 \| 4
L	La Nina 13 Laetoli, Tanzania 1 \| 6 lakes Lake Baringo, Kenya 13 Lake Bogoria-Kenya 13 Lake Magadi (Ngorongoro Crater) 11 \| 8 \| 9, 11, 18 Lake Makat-Tanzania 11 Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania 2, 3 and elephant research 2 Lake Manyara, Tanzania 1, 3 Lake Naivasha, Kenya 13, 14 Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya 12 Lakes of the Serengeti-Mara 11 language click 6 Cushitic 6 kiswahili 7 Maa 8 Maa 8 Nilo, Hamitic 6, 8 lapwing, Blacksmith (see plover-Blacksmith) 17 lapwing, crowned (see plover-crowned) 18 latitude (lines of) 5 lava 8 Laws of Energy Conservation 4 legumes 7 leopard 9 \| 11 \| 4 cubs of 9 food of 9 hunting methods of 9 social system of 9 lion 10 \| 8 \| 17, 18 \| 10, 13, 14, 29 advantages of pride life 10 and cheetah 6 and fly (Stomoxyx calcitranus) 10 and Ngorongoro Crater 10 and spotted hyena 8 and wildebeest 31 as man-eaters 12 \| 9 comparison of food requirements 10 cub killing by males 10 cubs of 10 Elsa (Born Free) 10 Feline Immune Virus (FIV) 29 food of 10 history of (Ngorongoro Crater) 12 hunted by Europeans 9 Maasai hunting of 8 mating habits of 10 research by Schaller-Dr. George on 10 role of lion 10 role of lioness 10 social system of 10 territory of 10 The Ghost and the Darkness 9 lizard-agama red-headed 2 loach 4 location of Serengeti-Mara ecosystem 2, 10 locust 2 life cycle 2 migration 2 swarm 2 red migratory 2
M	MacLean, Al 1 \| 23 MacLean, Marilyn 1 MacPherson, Barbara 1 maggots 31 magma 7 malaria pill 12 mammal 14 manyatta 8 Mara Game Reserve-creation of 9 Mara River 9, 11 \| 1 \| 17 Markou, Jim 1 Masai Mara Game Reserve Kenya 2 \| 15, 16, 17 \| 6 tourism in 10 wildebeest migration in 10 McMartin brothers (author's great uncles) 6 migration-by early animals 6 Moi-President Daniel arap 10 \| 10, 13 mongoose 3 banded 44 dwarf 43 monitor lizard, Nile 4, 5 monitor lizard, savanna 4, 5 monkey blue 18 red-tailed 18 vervet 48 \| 11 \| 22 language 48 territory 48 mosquito 12 moss 11 Mount Kenya (volcano) 8 \| 10 Mount Kilimanjaro (volcano) 8 \| 2 \| 2 mousebird-speckled 12 Mustelids (weasel family) 37
N	Nairobi National Park-Kenya 1 \| 11 near-ungulates 17 nests-bird's (see specific species) Ngorongoro (volcano) 8 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 3 \| 1, 2 \| 2 creation of 9 Ngorongoro Crater Ngoitokitok Springs (picnic site) 18, 19 Tanzania 3 \| 1 \| 2, 6, 7 \| 1 and lions 10 and spotted hyena 8 attempts to farm 5 biomass of 7 \| 30 cheetahs in 17 climate of 2 elephants in 7 farming in 9 Fig Tree Picnic Site 22 Gorigor Swamp 9 hippos in 8 history of lions 12 history of rhino here 6 Lerai Forest 19, 21 lions and flies 12 scavenger 1 wildebeest 31 \| 26 niche 1 nitrogen 13 Nitrogen Cycle 13 Nunses, Mr. and Mrs. 2
O	odd-toed ungulates 17 okapi 14 \| 1 Ol Doinyo Lengai (volcano) 8 Olduvai Gorge 14 \| 1 \| 2, 6 ecology of 1 geology of 1, 2, 3, 4 , 5 prehistoric wildlife of 1, 2 omnivore 37, 48 order Artiodactyl 17 order Perissodactyl 17 oryx beisa 11 ostrich eggs 8 ostrich predators 8 ostrich, Masai 8 \| 5 ostrich, Somalian 11 owl eagle 13 Verreaux's eagle 2 white-faced scops 21 oxpecker, yellow-billed 31 oxpeckers and rhinoceros, black 42 oxygen 13 \| 4
P	pan 11 papyrus boats 13 Patterson-Col. John 9 people Arusha (Wa-Arusha) 8 Bantu 7 migrations of 7 Datoga 6, 8 \| 22 Europeans 9 and slave trade 9 early explorers 9 hunting by 9 hunting of lions 9 Serengeti-Mara and 9 Hadzabe 6 Iraqw 6 Kamba 7 Kikuyu 7 Maasai 2, 12 \| 1, 3, 8 \| 22, 25 ranchlands 11 villages of 6 as farmers 8 cattle and 8 Europeans and 8 homes of 8 lions and 8 social order of 8 Three Plagues of 8 wildlife and 8 San (Bushman) 6 Stone Bowl 6 Sukuma 8 Photosynthesis 13 \| 3, 4 pig-bush 1 plant food (glucose) 4 Plate Tectonics 7 plover African wattled 16 Blacksmith 17 crowned 18 polygyny 8 porcupine 11 pratincole, common 20 primate 37, 48 producer 3 \| 8
Q	quelea, red-billed 13
R	rain 11 The Long Rains 11 rainfall 9, 10 pattern in Serengeti-Mara 11, 13 rainforest 10 Zaire 1 rat grass 15 naked mole 16 reedbuck, Bohor's 33 reptiles 4 \| 2 researchers Kruuk, Hans and Ngorongoro's hyenas 12 research team 4 studying Feline Immune Virus (FIV) 29 Schaller, Dr. George on lions 10 Adamson, George 10 Adamson, Joy 10 Douglas, Hamilton-Iain 2 Douglas, Hamilton-Oria 2 Grzimek, Michael 9 Grzimek, Prof. Bernard 9 Kruuk, Hans on hyena, spotted 8 Packer, Dr. Craig 10 Schaller, Dr. George 10 at SRI 3 \| 10 resource partitioning 22 respiration 13 rhinoceros 7 black 42 \| 1, 9, 12 \| 6, 16 \| 6, 16 and oxpeckers 42 food of 42 habitat 42 poaching of 6 social system 42 white 1 white 12 poaching of 10 Rift Valley 3 \| 7 rinderpest 12 \| 8, 9 river, Nile 13 riverine forest 7 rivers of the Serengeti-Mara 11 roller-lilac-breasted 24 ruminant 17 \| 12 \| 21 \| 37 behavior 22 advantages of 22
S	safari 9 San Andrea's Fault (California) 7 sausage trees ( Kigelia aethiopica) 7 scavenger 1 and wildebeest 1 crocodiles as 1 grass rat as 1 lion, hyena, jackals as 1 Ngorongoro Crater 1 warthog as 1 secretary bird 8 Serengeti National Park creation of 12 Tanzania 3, 4 Tanzania 2 creation of 9 tourism in 10 wildebeest migration in 10 Serengeti Plains-Tanzania 2 Serengeti Research Institute (SRI) 1 \| 1, 10 Serengeti Shall Not Die (movie and book) 9 Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem 2 wildebeest-history of 31 serval 46 Shimba Hills National Park-Kenya 19 short grass plains 11 Short Rains 11 shrew, elephant 35 shrike, gray-backed fiscal 29 slave trade 7 sleeping sickness (trypanosomes) 12 small pox epidemic 12 snake green mamba 21 mamba-green 7 python-rock 6 food requirements compared to a human's 6 soda lake 11 \| 13 \| 11 soil-of Serengeti-Mara region 8 spurfowl red-necked 6 yellow-necked 7 starling-superb 30 stork marabou 1, 9 saddle-billed 12 white 13 yellow-billed 11 Sun's Energy 5 Swamp-Mandusi-Tanzania 8 symbiotic relationship 31 \| 7
T	Tanzania Arusha 1 border dispute with Kenya 10 formerly Tanganyika 9, 10 government of 10 Uganda and 10 Minister of Tourism 2 termite 4 \| 45 \| 3 colony 3 food 3 life cycle 3 predators 3 queen 3 size comparison 3 soldiers 3 workers 3 The Great Rift Valley 7 The Second Law of Thermodynamics 11 The Virungas (volcanic mountain range) 8, 10 ticks 31 topi 6 \| 30 tortoise leopard 4 leopard-life cycle 4 tree 6, 7 euphorbia (Candelabra euphorbia) 7 \| 4 fever (Acacia xanthophloea) 7 Acacia lahai 3 Acacia tortilis 7 \| 19 \| 3 bacteria 7 grass rats 7 impala 7 termites 7 Acacia woodlands 7 Acacia xanthophloea 19 Acacia, chemical defense of 7 and drought 7 and fire 7 croton 3 fever 19 fever and elephants 19 fig (Ficus spp.) 7 Nuxia congesta 3 whistling thorn (A. drepanolobium) 7 trophic level 9, 11 Trophic Level II 11 Trophic Level III 11 Trophic Level III 1 Trophic Level IV 11 Tropic of Cancer 5 Tropic of Capricorn 5 tropical rainforest 5 tsetse fly 12
V	vegetation of Serengeti-Mara 5 Viverridae (civets and genet family ) 37 volcano 7, 8 Olmoti 4 \| 1 Sadiman 1 in East Africa 8 Kerimasi 4 Sadiman 6 types of 8 vulture 2 Egyptian 1, 2, 4 \| 15 Griffon 1, 2 \| 15 hooded 2, 3 lappet faced 2, 7 white-backed 1, 2, 5, 6 white-headed 2, 8 populations in the Serengeti-Mara 2 feeding order 2
W	wagtail-African pied 28 warthog 38 \| 1 \| 18 water 11 \| 4 \| 13 water cycle 13 waterbuck, Defassa 32 waterhole 11 Watts, Heather 1 weasel family (Mustelids) 37 Weaver, black-headed 13 wildebeest 10 \| 6 \| 31 \| 1 \| 8 \| 4, 9, 24, 26 and crocodiles 31 and lions 31 and zebra 31 migration 11 migration and crocodiles 1 and scavengers 1 calving 31 compared to topi and Thomson's gazelle 31 ecology of 31 effect of migration on predators 31 history of in Serengeti-Mara 31 in Ngorongoro Crater 31 migration 5 \| 31 Ngorongoro's herds 26 population growth of 10 \| 31 predation on 31 social system 31 Wildersun Safaris Ltd.-Arusha 2, 9 Wildlife Managers 6 wind 11
Z	zebra common 21, 40 \| 31 \| 9, 24 and predators 40 social system 40 stripes of 40 zebra, Grevy's 11


A	aardvark 17 \| 36, 37 aardwolf 3 \| 45 Abiotic Cycles 13 Abiotic Factors 4, 6, 8, 11 \| 2, 6, 7 \| 11 Acacia and giraffe 7 adaptation 6 AIDS 29 algae-growth of 11 algal bloom 8 alkaline lake 11 Altitude 9 Amboseli National Park-Kenya 8 antelope behavior guide 22 courtship behavior 22 dominance displays 22 flehem 22 middens 22 offensive threat displays 22 response to predators 22 scent marking 22 self adornment 22 self advertising 22 social behavior 22 submissive behaviors 22 antelope 12, 22 newborns 22 reproduction 22 gerenuk 11 roan 35 saiga 21 bush buck 3 evolution of 22 and water 22 anthropologists Leakey-Dr. Louis 1, 2 \| 6 Leakey-Dr. Mary 1, 2 \| 6 Leakey-Dr. Richard 4, 10 \| 10, 12 anthropology 1 ants (Crematogaster sp.) 7 ants and galls 7 ash (volcanic) 8
B	baboon gelada 3 olive 49 \| 20 dominance 49 predators of 49 troop life 49 bacteria 11 Bateleur 4 bee eater-little 23 beetles-dung 10 \| 18 Big Five 1 Biomass 2 Biotic Factors 1 birds number of species in Serengeti-Mara 5 bison 21 boma 8 bovids 22 colors of 22 scent glands of 22 browser 6, 7 \| 22 buffalo 12 \| 7 \| 27 buffalo (Cape) 36 bushbaby greater (see galago-greater) 50 \| 19 bushland 7 \| 4 bustard-kori 15 \| 28
C	cactus 4 caldera 2, 26 calorie (kilojoules) 4 Canadian Shield 6 candelabra tree (see euphorbia tree) 7 Canidae (dog family ) 37 canine teeth 37 caracal 47 carbohydrates 4 Carbon Cycle 13 carbon dioxide 13 \| 4 carbon gas 13 carnassial teeth 37 carnivore 1 \| 37 cat family(Felidae) 37 cheetah 6 \| 17 and lion 17 \| 6 and other predators 6 hunting methods of 6 life cycle of 6 Ngorongoro Crater- 17 prey of 6 social system of 6 speed of 6 and Ngorongoro Crater 6 chimpanzee 14 \| 49 \| 1 Chlorophyll 4 civet-African 39 civets and genet family (Viverridae) 37 Climate of Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem 5, 9 Climate rules 9 cold-blooded 1 common duiker 24 Competition 1, 6 Inter-specific 1 consumer 3, 8 Continental Drift 6, 7 Courser-two-banded 19 crane-crowned 14 Crater Lake-Kenya 14 Creek-Munge-Tanzania 8 \| 1, 6, 8, 9, 11, 14, 18, 26, 27 crocodile 13 \| 6 and wildebeest 31 Nile 1 and wildebeest migration 1 teeth of 1 food of 1 life cycle 1 sex determination in eggs 1 cud 21
D	dikdik 11 \| 22 Kirk's 23 dinosaurs 6 dog family (Canidae) 37 dog, wild 7 and Thomson's gazelle 7 behavior of 7 diseases of 7 dominance 7 hunting methods of 7 prey of 7 Serengeti population of 7 social system of 7 dove-ring-necked 10 dragon-Komodo 4 drought 11 dry season 11
E	eagle African fish 3 Bateleur 4 fish 13 martial 5 ecosystem 4 eco-unit 4 Efficiency 4 egret, cattle 9 migration to Americas 9 El Nino 13 eland 34 elephant-African 7 \| 17, 20 \| 9, 11, 17 \| 7, 19, 23 and fever tree 19 and mud holes 11 communication among 20 family life 20 food of 20 habitats of 20 in Lake Manyara National Park 2, 3 musth 7 musth in bulls 20 poaching of 20 \| 10 social system 20 subsonic communication of 20 trunk of 20 Endangered Species (d) hyena-spotted- 8 (e) dog-wild 7 (e) Elephant-African 20 (e) rhinoceros-black 42 (t) giraffe-reticulated 37 (t) giraffe-Rothchild's 37 (v) cheetah 6 (v) giraffe-Masai 37 (v) hippopotamus 41 (v) lion 10 (v)crocodile-Nile 1 Energy Input & Output 4 Equator 5 equids (horse family) 39 Ethology 1 even-toed ungulates 17 explorers European 12 Livingston, Dr. David 9 extinct species of Serengeti region 1, 3
F	falcon-pygmy 34 famine 12 Felidae (cat family) 37 Feline Immune Virus (FIV) 29 fire 12 elephants 12 grasslands 12 lion 12 storks 12 wildebeest numbers 12 wildlife 12 set by Maasai-importance of 12 and forests 12 Fisk-Karen 1 flamingo 12, 13 lesser 9, 11 flehem 31, 42 fly (Stomoxyx calcitranus) and Ngorongoro lions 10 Ngorongoro Crater and lions 12 Food (energy) 8 food chain 8 food pyramid 8, 10 food web 9 Forest Types 5 fox-bat-eared 42
G	galago-greater (bush baby-greater) 50 \| 19 galls 7 gastroliths 1 gazelle Robert's 27 Thomson's 6 \| 22, 26, 31 and wild dog 7 stotting behavior 7 gecko-house 3 genet-common 38 Geology of Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem 6 giraffe 12 and acacia trees 37 Masai 37 reticulated 11 Rothchild's 11 kindergarten 37 go-away bird-bare-faced 11 Gol Mountains 9 goose-Egyptian 9 gorilla 14 goshawk-pale-chanting 32 granite 6 \| 7 Grant's gazelle 22, 27, 31 grass 6 and elephants 6 and fire 12 and fire 6 dropseed (Sporobolus marginatus) 6 grazing effects on 6 red oat (Themeda trianda) 6 grasshopper 2 Grassland production 5, 6 grazer 6 effects on grass 6 Grazing Succession 6 Great Rift Valley 2 Grumeti River (KiraWira) 1 \| 11 \| 4 guineafowl, helmeted 5
H	hammerkop 10 hartebeest-Coke's (see kongoni) 29 herbivores and energy 4 basic body plan 17 heron goliath 13 Squacco 13 hindgut fermenter 17, 21, 39 hippopotamus 41 \| 13 \| 8, 27 communication 41 feeding habits 41 social system 41 HIV 29 hominids 1, 2 Australopithecus afarensis 1 Australopithecus boisei (robustus) 1, 2, 3 \| 6 diet of 1, 2 Homo erectus 3, 4, 5 Homo habilus 2, 3, 5 Homo sapiens 1, 2 , 5 tool kits of 1, 2 Turkana Boy 4 hornbill black and white casqued 26 \| 18 ground 27 Von der Decken's 25 horns 22 Hotels Kichwa Tembo Camp-Kenya 17, 18 Lake Baringo Country Club-Kenya 13 Lake Bogoria Lodge-Kenya 13 Lake Manyara Serena-Tanzania 2 Lake Naivasha Lodge-Kenya 14 Lobo Lodge-Tanzania 3 Mara Sarova Camp-Kenya 15, 16 Mount Kenya Safari Club-Kenya 10 New Stanley-Kenya 9 Ngorongoro Sopa 24 Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge-Tanzania 7 Samburu Lodge-Kenya 11 Serengeti Sopa Lodge-Tanzania 3 Shimba Hills Lodge-Kenya 19 Hyaenidae (hyena family) 37 hydrogen 13 hyena 8 hyena family (Hyaenidae) 37 hyena-spotted 8 \| 10, 12 ability to digest bones 8 and lion 8 and Ngorongoro Crater 8 and other predators 8 behavior of cubs 8 clans of 8 false penis 8 hunting behavior of 8 male's role in clan 8 research by Kruuk-Hans 8 society of 8 hyrax 17 \| 18 bush 19 rock 18 latrine as a territorial marker 18 territorial behavior of 18
I	impala 28 insects 11
J	jackal black-backed 41 golden 40 \| 15
K	Kenya and Somalia 10 Kenya Wildlife Service 10 \| 16, 17 \| 10 Isiolo 10 ban on hunting 10 elephant poaching and 10 Mombasa 1, 19 Nairobi 19 Samburu District 10 Samburu/Buffalo Springs Game Reserve 11 tourism in 10 Kenyatta, President Jomo 10 \| 10, 12 kilojoules (calorie) 4 kingfisher-gray-headed 22 kite-black 33 \| 18 klipspringer 25 kongoni (Coke's hartebeest) 29 \| 6 kopje 6 \| 7 \| 4, 18 \| 4
L	La Nina 13 Laetoli, Tanzania 1 \| 6 lakes Lake Baringo, Kenya 13 Lake Bogoria-Kenya 13 Lake Magadi (Ngorongoro Crater) 11 \| 8 \| 9, 11, 18 Lake Makat-Tanzania 11 Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania 2, 3 and elephant research 2 Lake Manyara, Tanzania 1, 3 Lake Naivasha, Kenya 13, 14 Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya 12 Lakes of the Serengeti-Mara 11 language click 6 Cushitic 6 kiswahili 7 Maa 8 Maa 8 Nilo, Hamitic 6, 8 lapwing, Blacksmith (see plover-Blacksmith) 17 lapwing, crowned (see plover-crowned) 18 latitude (lines of) 5 lava 8 Laws of Energy Conservation 4 legumes 7 leopard 9 \| 11 \| 4 cubs of 9 food of 9 hunting methods of 9 social system of 9 lion 10 \| 8 \| 17, 18 \| 10, 13, 14, 29 advantages of pride life 10 and cheetah 6 and fly (Stomoxyx calcitranus) 10 and Ngorongoro Crater 10 and spotted hyena 8 and wildebeest 31 as man-eaters 12 \| 9 comparison of food requirements 10 cub killing by males 10 cubs of 10 Elsa (Born Free) 10 Feline Immune Virus (FIV) 29 food of 10 history of (Ngorongoro Crater) 12 hunted by Europeans 9 Maasai hunting of 8 mating habits of 10 research by Schaller-Dr. George on 10 role of lion 10 role of lioness 10 social system of 10 territory of 10 The Ghost and the Darkness 9 lizard-agama red-headed 2 loach 4 location of Serengeti-Mara ecosystem 2, 10 locust 2 life cycle 2 migration 2 swarm 2 red migratory 2
M	MacLean, Al 1 \| 23 MacLean, Marilyn 1 MacPherson, Barbara 1 maggots 31 magma 7 malaria pill 12 mammal 14 manyatta 8 Mara Game Reserve-creation of 9 Mara River 9, 11 \| 1 \| 17 Markou, Jim 1 Masai Mara Game Reserve Kenya 2 \| 15, 16, 17 \| 6 tourism in 10 wildebeest migration in 10 McMartin brothers (author's great uncles) 6 migration-by early animals 6 Moi-President Daniel arap 10 \| 10, 13 mongoose 3 banded 44 dwarf 43 monitor lizard, Nile 4, 5 monitor lizard, savanna 4, 5 monkey blue 18 red-tailed 18 vervet 48 \| 11 \| 22 language 48 territory 48 mosquito 12 moss 11 Mount Kenya (volcano) 8 \| 10 Mount Kilimanjaro (volcano) 8 \| 2 \| 2 mousebird-speckled 12 Mustelids (weasel family) 37
N	Nairobi National Park-Kenya 1 \| 11 near-ungulates 17 nests-bird's (see specific species) Ngorongoro (volcano) 8 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 3 \| 1, 2 \| 2 creation of 9 Ngorongoro Crater Ngoitokitok Springs (picnic site) 18, 19 Tanzania 3 \| 1 \| 2, 6, 7 \| 1 and lions 10 and spotted hyena 8 attempts to farm 5 biomass of 7 \| 30 cheetahs in 17 climate of 2 elephants in 7 farming in 9 Fig Tree Picnic Site 22 Gorigor Swamp 9 hippos in 8 history of lions 12 history of rhino here 6 Lerai Forest 19, 21 lions and flies 12 scavenger 1 wildebeest 31 \| 26 niche 1 nitrogen 13 Nitrogen Cycle 13 Nunses, Mr. and Mrs. 2
O	odd-toed ungulates 17 okapi 14 \| 1 Ol Doinyo Lengai (volcano) 8 Olduvai Gorge 14 \| 1 \| 2, 6 ecology of 1 geology of 1, 2, 3, 4 , 5 prehistoric wildlife of 1, 2 omnivore 37, 48 order Artiodactyl 17 order Perissodactyl 17 oryx beisa 11 ostrich eggs 8 ostrich predators 8 ostrich, Masai 8 \| 5 ostrich, Somalian 11 owl eagle 13 Verreaux's eagle 2 white-faced scops 21 oxpecker, yellow-billed 31 oxpeckers and rhinoceros, black 42 oxygen 13 \| 4
P	pan 11 papyrus boats 13 Patterson-Col. John 9 people Arusha (Wa-Arusha) 8 Bantu 7 migrations of 7 Datoga 6, 8 \| 22 Europeans 9 and slave trade 9 early explorers 9 hunting by 9 hunting of lions 9 Serengeti-Mara and 9 Hadzabe 6 Iraqw 6 Kamba 7 Kikuyu 7 Maasai 2, 12 \| 1, 3, 8 \| 22, 25 ranchlands 11 villages of 6 as farmers 8 cattle and 8 Europeans and 8 homes of 8 lions and 8 social order of 8 Three Plagues of 8 wildlife and 8 San (Bushman) 6 Stone Bowl 6 Sukuma 8 Photosynthesis 13 \| 3, 4 pig-bush 1 plant food (glucose) 4 Plate Tectonics 7 plover African wattled 16 Blacksmith 17 crowned 18 polygyny 8 porcupine 11 pratincole, common 20 primate 37, 48 producer 3 \| 8
Q	quelea, red-billed 13
R	rain 11 The Long Rains 11 rainfall 9, 10 pattern in Serengeti-Mara 11, 13 rainforest 10 Zaire 1 rat grass 15 naked mole 16 reedbuck, Bohor's 33 reptiles 4 \| 2 researchers Kruuk, Hans and Ngorongoro's hyenas 12 research team 4 studying Feline Immune Virus (FIV) 29 Schaller, Dr. George on lions 10 Adamson, George 10 Adamson, Joy 10 Douglas, Hamilton-Iain 2 Douglas, Hamilton-Oria 2 Grzimek, Michael 9 Grzimek, Prof. Bernard 9 Kruuk, Hans on hyena, spotted 8 Packer, Dr. Craig 10 Schaller, Dr. George 10 at SRI 3 \| 10 resource partitioning 22 respiration 13 rhinoceros 7 black 42 \| 1, 9, 12 \| 6, 16 \| 6, 16 and oxpeckers 42 food of 42 habitat 42 poaching of 6 social system 42 white 1 white 12 poaching of 10 Rift Valley 3 \| 7 rinderpest 12 \| 8, 9 river, Nile 13 riverine forest 7 rivers of the Serengeti-Mara 11 roller-lilac-breasted 24 ruminant 17 \| 12 \| 21 \| 37 behavior 22 advantages of 22
S	safari 9 San Andrea's Fault (California) 7 sausage trees ( Kigelia aethiopica) 7 scavenger 1 and wildebeest 1 crocodiles as 1 grass rat as 1 lion, hyena, jackals as 1 Ngorongoro Crater 1 warthog as 1 secretary bird 8 Serengeti National Park creation of 12 Tanzania 3, 4 Tanzania 2 creation of 9 tourism in 10 wildebeest migration in 10 Serengeti Plains-Tanzania 2 Serengeti Research Institute (SRI) 1 \| 1, 10 Serengeti Shall Not Die (movie and book) 9 Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem 2 wildebeest-history of 31 serval 46 Shimba Hills National Park-Kenya 19 short grass plains 11 Short Rains 11 shrew, elephant 35 shrike, gray-backed fiscal 29 slave trade 7 sleeping sickness (trypanosomes) 12 small pox epidemic 12 snake green mamba 21 mamba-green 7 python-rock 6 food requirements compared to a human's 6 soda lake 11 \| 13 \| 11 soil-of Serengeti-Mara region 8 spurfowl red-necked 6 yellow-necked 7 starling-superb 30 stork marabou 1, 9 saddle-billed 12 white 13 yellow-billed 11 Sun's Energy 5 Swamp-Mandusi-Tanzania 8 symbiotic relationship 31 \| 7
T	Tanzania Arusha 1 border dispute with Kenya 10 formerly Tanganyika 9, 10 government of 10 Uganda and 10 Minister of Tourism 2 termite 4 \| 45 \| 3 colony 3 food 3 life cycle 3 predators 3 queen 3 size comparison 3 soldiers 3 workers 3 The Great Rift Valley 7 The Second Law of Thermodynamics 11 The Virungas (volcanic mountain range) 8, 10 ticks 31 topi 6 \| 30 tortoise leopard 4 leopard-life cycle 4 tree 6, 7 euphorbia (Candelabra euphorbia) 7 \| 4 fever (Acacia xanthophloea) 7 Acacia lahai 3 Acacia tortilis 7 \| 19 \| 3 bacteria 7 grass rats 7 impala 7 termites 7 Acacia woodlands 7 Acacia xanthophloea 19 Acacia, chemical defense of 7 and drought 7 and fire 7 croton 3 fever 19 fever and elephants 19 fig (Ficus spp.) 7 Nuxia congesta 3 whistling thorn (A. drepanolobium) 7 trophic level 9, 11 Trophic Level II 11 Trophic Level III 11 Trophic Level III 1 Trophic Level IV 11 Tropic of Cancer 5 Tropic of Capricorn 5 tropical rainforest 5 tsetse fly 12
V	vegetation of Serengeti-Mara 5 Viverridae (civets and genet family ) 37 volcano 7, 8 Olmoti 4 \| 1 Sadiman 1 in East Africa 8 Kerimasi 4 Sadiman 6 types of 8 vulture 2 Egyptian 1, 2, 4 \| 15 Griffon 1, 2 \| 15 hooded 2, 3 lappet faced 2, 7 white-backed 1, 2, 5, 6 white-headed 2, 8 populations in the Serengeti-Mara 2 feeding order 2
W	wagtail-African pied 28 warthog 38 \| 1 \| 18 water 11 \| 4 \| 13 water cycle 13 waterbuck, Defassa 32 waterhole 11 Watts, Heather 1 weasel family (Mustelids) 37 Weaver, black-headed 13 wildebeest 10 \| 6 \| 31 \| 1 \| 8 \| 4, 9, 24, 26 and crocodiles 31 and lions 31 and zebra 31 migration 11 migration and crocodiles 1 and scavengers 1 calving 31 compared to topi and Thomson's gazelle 31 ecology of 31 effect of migration on predators 31 history of in Serengeti-Mara 31 in Ngorongoro Crater 31 migration 5 \| 31 Ngorongoro's herds 26 population growth of 10 \| 31 predation on 31 social system 31 Wildersun Safaris Ltd.-Arusha 2, 9 Wildlife Managers 6 wind 11
Z	zebra common 21, 40 \| 31 \| 9, 24 and predators 40 social system 40 stripes of 40 zebra, Grevy's 11