Serengeti Watch

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Click here to read about developments in the Serengeti. The latest feature from Serengeti Watch says: We are either witnessing the demise of Kenya’s Masai Mara Reserve, or a renaissance that will save it It begins: Massive Challenges Facing the Mara The iconic Masai Mara Reserve is the northern part of the Serengeti ecosystem. The…

Hooper’s hedgerow history hypothesis

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Max Hooper died back in February.  While you might not have heard of the man, you might just have heard of Hooper’s Rule.  This is the idea that there was a relationship between the number of different woody plant species found in a particular length of hedge, and the age of the hedge.  Hooper formulated this idea…