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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2002.
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| Colección: | Organisms and environments ;
6. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- pt. 1. Relationships, relationships
- 1. Bull to bull and cow to bull
- 2. Cow to cow
- 3. Cow to calf
- pt. 2. The machinery of a bison's life
- 4. Bison athletics
- 5. Digestion : grass to gas and chips
- 6. Temperature control
- pt. 3. Whence they came forth, and how much they multiplied
- 7. Ancestors and relatives
- 8. How many : the bison population in primitive America
- pt. 4. The bison's neighborhood
- 9. The central grassland : where buffalo roam when they're at home
- pt. 5. The bison's neighbors
- 10. Wolves and bison : myths and realities
- 11. Buffalo birds
- 12. Diseases and parasites
- 13. Pronghorn
- 14. Prairie dogs
- 15. Badgers
- 16. Coyotes
- 17. Grizzlies
- 18. Ferrets
- pt. 6. Human and buffalo
- 19. Close encounters of the buffalo kind
- 20. To kill a bison
- 21. Bison numbers before the great slaughter
- 22. Where have all the bison gone
- 23. Attitudes
- 24. Conservation : then and now
- 25. A Great Plains park.