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

Auteurs-es

  • W.A. Fuller

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic3685

Mots-clés :

Animal anatomy, Animal behaviour, Animal migration, Animal nervous systems, Animal vocalizations, Movement, North American bison, Wolves, Great Slave Lake region, N.W.T.

Résumé

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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Publié-e

1960-01-01

Numéro

Vol. 13 No. 1 (1960): March: 1–72

Rubrique

Articles