| Autore |
Krasinska Magorzata
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| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Berlin ; ; Heidelberg, : Springer-Verlag, 2013
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (379 p.)
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| Disciplina |
599.643
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| Soggetto topico |
European bison
Bison - Europe
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| ISBN |
3-642-36555-8
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
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. .
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910739467903321 |
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European bison : the nature monograph / / Malgorzata Krasinska
