American bison : a natural history /
American bison takes us on a journey into the bison's past and shares a compelling vision for its future, offering along the way a valuable introduction to North American prairie ecology. Lott explores the social life and physiology of the bison, sharing stories about its impressive physical pr...
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| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
[2002]
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| Series: | Organisms and environments ;
6. |
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Table of Contents:
- Bull to bull and cow to bull
- Cow to cow
- Cow to calf
- Bison athletics
- Digestion : grass to gas and chips
- Temperature control
- Ancestors and relatives
- How many : the bison population in primitive America
- The central grassland : where buffalo roam when they're at home
- Wolves and bison : myths and realities
- Buffalo birds
- Diseases and parasites
- Pronghorn
- Prairie dogs
- Badgers
- Coyotes
- Grizzlies
- Ferrets
- Close encounters of the buffalo kind
- To kill a bison
- Bison numbers before the great slaughter
- Where have all the bison gone
- Attitudes
- Conservation : then and now
- A Great Plains park.