American bison : a natural history / Dale F. Lott ; with a foreword by Harry W. Greene.
American bison : a natural history / Dale F. Lott ; with a foreword by Harry W. Greene.
American bison : a natural history / Dale F. Lott ; with a foreword by Harry W. Greene.
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Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002.
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N599.643/1
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English
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xvi, 229 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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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: --...
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Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002.
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California
Date Published
c2002.
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"This book gives us a peek of life that evolved in the heart of America. Lott also dismantles many of the myths we have created about these ways of life, and about the bison in particular, to reveal the animal itself: ruminating, reproducing, and rutting in its full glory. His portrait of the bison ultimately becomes a plea to conserve its wildness...
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American bison : a natural history / Dale F. Lott ; with a foreword by Harry W. Greene.
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Organisms and environments ; 6.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-221).
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c2002.
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N599.643/1
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0520233387 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520233386 (cloth : alk. paper)
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599.643
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991016907619702626
