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Tables of Contents for American Bison
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
ix
Harry W. Greene
Preface
xiii
PART ONE: RELATIONSHIPS, RELATIONSHIPS
Bull to Bull and Cow to Bull
5
18
Cow to Cow
23
5
Cow to Calf
28
13
PART TWO: THE MACHINERY OF A BISON'S LIFE
Bison Athletics
41
6
Digestion: Grass to Gas and Chips
47
6
Temperature Control
53
8
PART THREE: WHENCE THEY CAME FORTH, AND HOW MUCH THEY MULTIPLIED
Ancestors and Relatives
61
8
How Many? The Bison Population in Primitive America
69
12
PART FOUR: THE BISON'S NEIGHBORHOOD
The Central Grassland: Where Buffalo Roam When They're at Home
81
18
PART FIVE: THE BISON'S NEIGHBORS
Wolves and Bison: Myths and Realities
99
6
Buffalo Birds
105
3
Diseases and Parasites
108
12
Pronghorn
120
7
Prairie Dogs
127
6
Badgers
133
5
Coyotes
138
3
Grizzlies
141
4
Ferrets
145
6
PART SIX: HUMAN AND BUFFALO
Close Encounters of the Buffalo Kind
151
7
To Kill a Bison
158
9
Bison Numbers Before the Great Slaughter
167
3
Where Have All the Bison Gone?
170
10
Attitudes
180
5
Conservation: Then and Now
185
17
A Great Plains Park
202
3
Notes
205
8
Bibliography
213
10
Index
223