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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"American Bison"”.
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Authentication of Species in Bison Products Using Molecular Methods
<p>American bison (<em>Bison bison</em>) meat is vulnerable to species substitution due to its high value and similar appearance to less expensive meats, such as beef from domestic cattle (<em>Bos taurus</em>). DNA barcoding of the cytochrome <em>c </em>oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) gene is a commonly …
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Gender and Conservation: A Comparative Study of the Bison and Wild Horse Conservation Movements
<p>The focus of this thesis are the American bison and wild horse conservation movements. The goal is to address how these movements utilized and manipulated gender as a driving force for conservation. Throughout the nineteenth century, bison and bison hunting became identified with American …
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MISSION 2066 : a national park for the Antrhopocene
… 2020, facing the incontrovertible evidence that American protected lands are experiencing rapid climate change well above the national average, the National Park Service releases Mission 2066. The master plan acts as a critical foil to its centennial predecessor, Mission 66, which introduced a …
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Trouble on the Range: When Does a National Park Become a Bison Zoo?
… National Park is often credited for bringing American bison back from the brink of extinction. In 1902, there were merely 25 individual bison in the park, but now, Yellowstone’s herd fluctuates between 3,000 and 5,500 animals. Over the past century, the national park’s conservation effort …
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Evaluation of Barriers to Black-Tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) Colony Expansion, Bad River Ranches, South Dakota
… included: vinyl sheeting with chicken wire, American bison (Bison bison) exclosures, and straw bales. Barriers were 100 meters (328 ft) in length and located within 1 hectare monitoring plots (2.47 ac). Grazing and mechanical mowing were allowed on both sides of barriers. A prairie dog free …