American bison a natural history / Dale F. Lott ; with a foreword by Harry W. Greene.

Author/creator Lott, Dale F.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press,
Descriptionxvi, 229 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects

SeriesOrganisms and environments ; 6
Contents Machine generated contents note: PART ONE: -- RELATIONSHIPS, RELATIONSHIPS -- 1. Bull to Bull and Cow to Bull -- 2. Cow to Cow -- 3. Cow to Calf -- PART TWO: -- THE MACHINERY OF A BISON'S LIFE -- 4. Bison Athletics -- 5. Digestion: Grass to Gas and Chips -- 6. Temperature Control, -- PART THREE: -- WHENCE THEY CAME FORTH, AND HOW MUCH THEY MULTIPLIED -- 7. Ancestors and Relatives, -- 8. How Many? The Bison Population in Primitive America -- PART FOUR: -- THE BISON'S NEIGHBORHOOD -- 9. The Central Grassland: Where Buffalo Roam When They're at Home -- PART FIVE: -- 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, -- PART SIX: -- 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 213-221).
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LCCN 2002000243
ISBN0520233387 (cloth : alk. paper)