European Bison : The Nature Monograph /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. 2013. |
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword.- Acknowledgements.- 1. Introduction
- 2. Systematics, registration and nomenclature
- 3. Morphology and longevity
- 4. Genetics.- 5. The original range of the species Bison bonasus (L.)
- 6. The European bison and the aurochs on Polish territory
- 7. The natural population of Lowland European bison in the Białowieża Forest
- 8. The restitution of the European bison in enclosures within the Białowieża Forest.- 9. European bison in the Białowieża Forest - a characterisation of the environment
- 10. The restitution of a free-ranging bison population in the Białowieża Forest
- 11. The rhythm to bison activity
- 12. Reproduction
- 13. Behaviour patterns
- 14. Food and use of the environment.- 15. Social organisation of the population
- 16. The spatial structure of populations
- 17. Population management
- 18. The significance of the Białowieża bison for the preservation and recognition of the species Bison bonasus
- 19. Threats to the species Bison bonasus
- 20. Bison as protected animals
- 21. Cooperation over the restitution of the European bison in the Białowieża Forest
- 22. The restitution of bison in captive breeding in Poland
- 23. Restitution of free-ranging populations around the world
- 24. Hybrids between the European bison and domestic cattle
- 25. American bison a close relative of European bison. .