Observations of Wood Bison Swimming across the Liard River, Northwest Territories, Canada

ABSTRACT. We observed a group of 18 wood bison, of mixed sex and age classes, swimming across a 1.7 km wide section of the Liard River on 16 July 2002. Water levels and flow rates were above the long-term average for that time of year, and there was a river current of 14 –16 km/h. The animals took a...

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Language:English
Published: 2003
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.557.3984
http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic56-4-408.pdf