| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 231 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. In the Beginning -- 3. How Many Bison Were There? -- 4. The Indian -- 5. Predators and Natural Adversities -- 6. The Human Accelerator-Bison Slaughter -- 7. The Recovery -- 8. The Industry -- 9. Public Sector Involvement -- 10. A Bison Tomorrow |
| Summary |
"In Of Bison and Man, Harold Danz, longtime National Park Service employee and former executive director of the American Bison Association, gives a clear, informative, and highly entertaining overview of this magnificent animal. Danz explores the bison's prehistory and natural history, its complex relationship with Native Americans, the bison slaughter and recovery, the establishment of the bison as an industry, and the role bison play today, both as a food source and as a wild animal."--Jacket |
| Analysis |
American bison |
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Wildlife conservation United States |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-220) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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American bison.
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Wildlife conservation -- United States
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biological Diversity.
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NATURE -- Animals -- Wildlife.
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American bison
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Wildlife conservation
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Zoology.
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Health & Biological Sciences.
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Vertebrates.
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
97015918 |
| ISBN |
0585004366 |
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9780585004365 |
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