The Lion Research Center has registered its web page with Amazon.com, the Internet book store. If you are interested in learning more about the wildlife of Africa or lion behavior in particular, the following books and articles offer you a variety of choices to select from. We have included a direct link to Amazon.com for most books if you are interested in purchasing them. If you do buy one of these books via this direct link, Amazon.com will send a portion of the purchase price to the Lion Research Center. Therefore, not only will you enjoy reading one these books, but you will also be making a valued contribution to the Lion Research Center.

Books:

'Into Africa', written by Craig Packer, published in 1994. An easy to read introduction regarding how a scientist and his students study lions in the Serengeti and chimpanzees in Gombe. Summarizes research results, plus provides a day-by-day account of tracking down lions in the wild. A review of this book was published in Scientific American in May, 1995, and can be read at: "Into Africa" . Order a copy of "Into Africa" from amazon.com. Order a copy of "Into Africa" from amazon.com.

'The Serengeti Lion - A study in Predator and Prey Relations', written by George Schaller, published in 1973. George Schaller, renowned field biologist and conservationist, began his field work in 1966, with the goal to study and understand the affect of lion predation on prey species in the Serengeti. This book summarizes his research during the three years he was in the Serengeti, and the research project he began in the Serengeti continues today. Mr. Schaller has also studied a number of endangered species including the mountain gorillas, tigers, pandas, and the snow leopard. Order a copy of "The Serengeti Lion" from amazon.com.

'Serengeti - Dynamics of an Ecosystem', edited by A.R.E. Sinclair and M. Norton-Griffiths, published in 1979. This book is a compilation of research papers on the Serengeti and Mara ecosystem from individual scientists during the 1970's. These papers range from an analysis the Serengeti environment to the dynamics of individual animal species. Order a copy of "Serengeti - Dynamics of an Ecosystem" from amazon.com.

'Serengeti II- Dynamics, Management, and Conservation of an Ecosystem', edited by A.R.E. Sinclair and Peter Arcese, published 1995. Each chapter in this book is a research paper from the scientists who have studied the Serengeti ecosystem. This book updates the research that was originally published in the 1979 book plus provides the results of new analysis performed in the interim. This is an excellent book if you want to understand the interdependence of an ecosystem and its inhabitant wildlife. Order a copy of "Serengeti II" from amazon.com.

'Cooperation Among Animals: An Evolutionary Perspective (Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution ', written by A.L. Dugatkin, published in 1997. This book reviews hundreds of examples of cooperation shown by insects, fish, birds and mammals in attempt to understand why animals cooperate. Dugatkin examines the history surrounding the study of cooperation, and proceeds to examine conceptual, theoretical and empirical work on this fascinating subject. He outlines four different categories of cooperation - reciprocal altruism, kinship, group-selected cooperation and byproduct mutualism. Order a copy of "Cooperation Among Animals" from amazon.com.

'If a Lion Could Talk : Animal Intelligence and the Evolution of Consciousness', written by Stephen Budiansky, published in 1998. This book was reviewed by Karen McComb in 'Nature', Vol. 395, October 15, 1998. Analyzes the question of conscious thought by animals and explores indepth the feats that associative learning can produce, with many examples from the wild. Order a copy of "If a lion could talk..." from amazon.com.

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