Effects of horning and rubbing behavior by bison (Bison bison) on woody vegetation in a tallgrass prairie landscape

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 189-196

  Coppedge, Bryan R ^a   Shaw, James H ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BISON; BISON BISON; BUBALUS; INSECTA; SALIX; SALIX NIGRA;

EID: 0030834380     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426665     Document Type: Article

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