ANIMAL ECOLOGY
2 THE DISCOVERY OF RINDERPEST 3 FINDING REGULATION 4 THE DISCOVERY OF FOOD 5 REGULATION 6 HOW PREDATORS REGULATE 7 PREY 8 HOW MIGRATION STRUCTURES 9 SERENGETI 10 BIODIVERSITY AND THE REGULATION OF ECOSYSTEMS 11 DISTURBANCE AND THE PERSISTENCE OF ECOSYSTEMS 12 CONTINUOUS CHANGE IN 13 ECOSYSTEMS 14 APPEARANCE OF MULTIPLE STATES AND RAPID SHIFTS IN 15 ECOSYSTEMS 16 THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE OF REGULATION, AND FUTURE 17 DIRECTIONS 18 THREATS TO THE SERENGETI 19 LESSONS FROM THE SERENGETI 20 REWILDING WHY SERENGETI? A WORLD HERITAGE IN 1972, THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT, IN STOCKHOLM, DEVELOPED THE CONVENTION CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF THE WORLD CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE 1 LATER IN 1972, FORMER US SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR STEWART UDALL, A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, WHO ALSO SERVED AS US REPRESENTATIVE TO THE STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE, VISITED SERENGETI I MET HIM THERE, TOOK HIM AROUND THE PARK, AND DISCUSSED THE FUTURE HE RECOUNTED THE EVENTS IN STOCKHOLM EARLIER THAT YEAR: A DEBATE HAD DEVELOPED OVER HOW TO CHOOSE WORLD HERITAGE SITES AS A FIRST ATTEMPT, DELEGATES WERE ASKED TO RETIRE FOR THE EVENING AND DRAW UP A LIST OF THEIR TOP 10 PREFERRED SITES AROUND THE WORLD NEXT DAY ALL THE LISTS WERE COLLATED, AND THE ONE WITH MOST VOTES, THE TOP OF THE LIST, WAS THE SERENGETI ECOSYSTEM IT WAS VOTED THE MOST IMPORTANT NATURAL AREA IN THE WORLD SERENGETI IS OUTSTANDING FOR ITS BIODIVERSITY, ITS GREAT MIGRATIONS, AND ITS ICONIC MEGAFAUNA OF LARGE MAMMALS IT IS ONE OF THE LAST RE- MAINING RELATIVELY INTACT EXAMPLES IN THE MODERN WORLD OF THE LAST ICE AGE, OR PLEISTOCENE WHY IS SERENGETI SO DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER PLACE? WHY IS IT REGARDED AS THE MOST IMPORTANT NATURAL ECOSYSTEM IN THE WORLD? ALL HERITAGE SITES ARE UNIQUE IN THEIR OWN WAYS, SO WHY DOES THIS ONE STAND OUT? WE KNOW FROM PALEONTOLOGY THAT THE MAIN ASPECTS OF SERENGETI HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME, SOME FOUR MIL