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...
| Основен автор: | Lott, Dale F. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
℗♭2002.
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| Серия: |
Organisms and environments ;
6. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
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American bison. |
Съдържание:
- 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.