The Book Prize Index

The Serengeti Lion: A Study of Predator-Prey Relations

George B. Schaller

Field observations provide abundant data on all aspects of lion behavior, including its social system, population dynamics, hunting behavior, predation patterns, and other factors which contribute to an understanding of the lion as a member of the natural community. The book includes individual chapters on the leopard, cheetah, wild dog, and others. It also includes much information on the lion's prey species, including distribution, migration, and social organization. These data form the basis of the concluding chapter on the dynamics of predation.--

ScienceScience · medium confidenceScience81 signalsLlm Classifier: Science -> ScienceOpen Library: Predatory animals -> Nature & EnvironmentOpen Library: Predation (Biology) -> ScienceNatural History & Animals

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Award for NonfictionMajor1973Co-winnerSecondary source
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Experimental book profileGenerated by GPT-5.4 nano · may contain inaccuracies

This is an unverified interpretation of the catalog description, offered as an opt-in discovery experiment—not as bibliographic fact.

  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    • Serengeti80%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

    This suggestion did not meet the normal display threshold and is more likely to be wrong.

    Field observations of lion behavior and prey ecology provide the data for understanding predator-prey dynamics and for concluding on the dynamics of predation.

    Model confidence 58%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    60 / 100 academic

    Trade / academic crossover

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 66%.