Behaviour and Social Organization of the Wild Bison of Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada

Reports observations made incidentally to a biological study of the herd in this preserve south of Great Slave Lake during 1950-1956. Senses, locomotion (including swimming), vocalization, as well as anatomical peculiarities influencing behavior are dealt with. Care-giving (grooming, nursing), agoni...

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Main Author: Fuller, W.A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1960
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spelling ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/66735 2023-05-15T14:19:21+02:00 Behaviour and Social Organization of the Wild Bison of Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada Fuller, W.A. 1960-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66735 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66735/50648 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66735 ARCTIC; Vol. 13 No. 1 (1960): March: 1–72; 2-19 1923-1245 0004-0843 Animal anatomy Animal behaviour Animal migration Animal nervous systems Animal vocalizations Movement North American bison Wolves Great Slave Lake region N.W.T info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1960 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:23:31Z Reports observations made incidentally to a biological study of the herd in this preserve south of Great Slave Lake during 1950-1956. Senses, locomotion (including swimming), vocalization, as well as anatomical peculiarities influencing behavior are dealt with. Care-giving (grooming, nursing), agonistic and sexual behaviors are outlined. Social organization is illustrated by accounts of herd composition, intermingling of herds, interspecific relations (wolves), and reactions to man. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Great Slave Lake Wood Buffalo Wood Buffalo National Park University of Calgary Journal Hosting Canada Great Slave Lake ENVELOPE(-114.001,-114.001,61.500,61.500) Wood Buffalo ENVELOPE(-112.007,-112.007,57.664,57.664) ARCTIC 13 1
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topic Animal anatomy
Animal behaviour
Animal migration
Animal nervous systems
Animal vocalizations
Movement
North American bison
Wolves
Great Slave Lake region
N.W.T
spellingShingle Animal anatomy
Animal behaviour
Animal migration
Animal nervous systems
Animal vocalizations
Movement
North American bison
Wolves
Great Slave Lake region
N.W.T
Fuller, W.A.
Behaviour and Social Organization of the Wild Bison of Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada
topic_facet Animal anatomy
Animal behaviour
Animal migration
Animal nervous systems
Animal vocalizations
Movement
North American bison
Wolves
Great Slave Lake region
N.W.T
description Reports observations made incidentally to a biological study of the herd in this preserve south of Great Slave Lake during 1950-1956. Senses, locomotion (including swimming), vocalization, as well as anatomical peculiarities influencing behavior are dealt with. Care-giving (grooming, nursing), agonistic and sexual behaviors are outlined. Social organization is illustrated by accounts of herd composition, intermingling of herds, interspecific relations (wolves), and reactions to man.
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title Behaviour and Social Organization of the Wild Bison of Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada
title_short Behaviour and Social Organization of the Wild Bison of Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada
title_full Behaviour and Social Organization of the Wild Bison of Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada
title_fullStr Behaviour and Social Organization of the Wild Bison of Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada
title_full_unstemmed Behaviour and Social Organization of the Wild Bison of Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada
title_sort behaviour and social organization of the wild bison of wood buffalo national park, canada
publisher The Arctic Institute of North America
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