European Bison The Nature Monograph /
The mighty and majestic European bison is the relictual embodiment of the wildness of prehistoric Europe. Tragically, the millennia since that time have seen so many species driven to extinction by human impacts, and the European bison has only narrowly avoided the same fate. Today, the species repr...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Έκδοση: | 2nd ed. 2013. |
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- 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. .
