The Ecological Buffalo
University of Regina Press (Verlag)
978-0-88977-871-9 (ISBN)
An expert on the buffalo tells the history of this keystone species through extensive research and beautiful photographs. The mere mention of the buffalo instantly brings to mind the vast herds that once roamed the North American continent, and few wild animals captivate our imaginations as much as the buffalo do. Once numbering in the tens of millions, these magnificent creatures played a significant role in structuring the varied ecosystems they occupied. For at least 24,000 years, North American Indigenous Peoples depended upon them, and it was the abundance of buffalo that initially facilitated the dispersal of humankind across the continent. With the arrival of Europeans and their rapacious capacity for wildlife destruction, the buffalo was all but exterminated. In a span of just thirty years during the mid-1800s, buffalo populations plummeted from more than 30 million to just twenty-three. And with them went all of the intricate food webs, the trophic cascades, and the inter-species relationships that had evolved over thousands of years. Despite this brush with extinction, the buffalo survived, and isolated populations are slowly recovering. As this recovery proceeds, the relationships the animals once had with thousands of species are being re-established in a remarkable process of ecological healing. The intricacy of those restored relationships is the subject of this book. Based on author Wes Olson's thirty-five years of working intimately with bison—and featuring 180 stunning, full-colour photographs by Johane Janelle— The Ecological Buffalo is a story that takes the reader on a journey to understand the myriad connections this keystone species has with the Great Plains.
Wes Olson was raised in the foothills of western Alberta, and it was there that he developed a passion for wild places and wild species. Following a thrity-two-year career as a Canadian National Park warden, Wes lives an 80 acre patch of forest and beaver ponds beside Elk Island National Park in central Alberta. He is the author of A Field Guide to Plains Bison and Portraits of the Bison. Johane Janelle 's photography has been featured on many magazine covers, such as Horse-Sport, Horse-Canada, Horse & Country, and Western Horse Review, as well as A Field Guide to Plains Bison and Portraits of the Bison. A conservationist, writer, and photographer, Harvey Locke is a recognized global leader in the field of parks, wilderness, wildlife, and large landscape conservation. Leroy Little Bear is a Blackfoot researcher, Professor Emeritus at the University of Lethbridge, founding member of Canada's first Native American Studies Department, Director of the Harvard University Native American Program, and recipient of the National Aboriginal Achievement Award for Education.
List of Maps, Figures, Tables, and Illustrations
Foreword by Dr. Harvey Locke
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Great Slaughter
Chapter 2: Interconnected Ecosystems
Chapter 3: Bison as a Keystone Species
Chapter 4: Grasslands
Chapter 5: Bison and Seed Dispersal
Chapter 6: Landscape Disturbance by Bison
Chapter 7: Bison and Bugs
Chapter 8: Bison and Birds
Chapter 9: Bison and Small Mammals
Chapter 10: Bison and Amphibians and Reptiles
Chapter 11: Bison and Ungulates
Chapter 12: Bison and Predators
Chapter 13: The Ecology of Bison Carcasses and Scavengers
Chapter 14: Rewilding: Returning Bison to Their Ancestral Lands
Epilogue: Wake Up, Sleeping Buffalo
Afterword: Diversity Is Strength by Dr. Leroy Little Bear
Acknowledgements
Appendix 1: The Buffalo: A Treaty of Cooperation, Renewal, and Restoration
Appendix 2: Species Discussed in The Ecological Buffalo
Appendix 3: Native Terrestrial Mammals, North of Mexico, Whose Ranges Overlapped with Those of Plains and Wood Bison
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Subject Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 11.07.2022 |
|---|---|
| Nachwort | Leroy Littlebear |
| Vorwort | Harvey Locke |
| Zusatzinfo | 60 Illustrations, color; 180 Halftones, color |
| Verlagsort | Regina |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 277 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 1580 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-88977-871-X / 088977871X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-88977-871-9 / 9780889778719 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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