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American Bison: A Natural History (Organisms And Environments) (Volume 6) Paperback – November 1, 2003

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American Bison combines the latest scientific information and one man's personal experience in an homage to one of the most magnificent animals to have roamed America's vast, vanished grasslands. Dale F. Lott, a distinguished behavioral ecologist who was born on the National Bison Range and has studied the buffalo for many years, relates what is known about this iconic animal's life in the wild and its troubled history with humans. Written with unusual grace and verve, American Bison takes us on a journey into the bison's past and shares a compelling vision for its future, offering along the way a valuable introduction to North American prairie ecology.

We become Lott's companions in the field as he acquaints us with the social life and physiology of the bison, sharing stories about its impressive physical prowess and fascinating relationships. Describing the entire grassland community in which the bison live, he writes about the wolves, pronghorn, prairie dogs, grizzly bears, and other animals and plants, detailing the interdependent relationships among these inhabitants of a lost landscape. Lott also traces the long and dramatic relationship between the bison and Native Americans, and gives a surprising look at the history of the hide hunts that delivered the coup de grâce to the already dwindling bison population in a few short years.

This book gives us a peek at the rich and unique ways of life that evolved in the heart of America. Lott also dismantles many of the myths we have created about these ways of life, and about the bison in particular, to reveal the animal itself: ruminating, reproducing, and rutting in its full glory. His portrait of the bison ultimately becomes a plea to conserve its wildness and an eloquent meditation on the importance of the wild in our lives.

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"Dale Lott relies on imagination and careful science to rebuild the world of the bison. Merging a lifetime of research with his own quirky enthusiasm for the topic, Lott delivers an informative yet hugely entertaining story full of passion, humor, and deep personal knowledge."--David Lucas, "California Wild"

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"This is the best book I've read about American bison and their habitat. It is vivid, concise, witty, erudite, first-hand, and up-to-date. Most important, it argues convincingly that the only way to assure survival of bison and their habitat in the wild is to establish a Great Plains National Park at least 5,000 square miles in extent."--David Rains Wallace, author of The Bonehunter's Revenge: Dinosaurs, Greed, and the Great Scientific Feud of the Gilded Age

"Dr. Lott's scholarship is strong and thorough. American Bison presents an extensive, state-of-the-art review of key points of American bison that are unaddressed or under-addressed by previous books. Moreover, it does it in a popularized, often narrative form that makes the material comprehensible to the educated lay reader as well as to the bison scholar."--James H. Shaw, Department of Zoology, Oklahoma State University

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of California Press; First Edition (November 1, 2003)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 278 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0520240626
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0520240629
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1170L
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.7 x 8.9 inches

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Customers find the book readable and entertaining, with good information that serves as a great resource for learning about American natural heritage. The book is humorous and visually appealing, with one customer describing it as a "beautiful bison-eye-view."

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"...and their habitats, it doesn't get any better than this - best popular science book available on the subject and well worth the price." Read more

"...In stark contrast, Lott's book is a joy to read. Just because a species is interesting doesn't ensure that a book on it will be...." Read more

"This is a terrific book. I bought it after seeing so many bison on our trip to Yellowstone this fall. Lott obviously loves bison and..." Read more

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"...gave his life to this work and the result is a clear, readable, entertaining, humble account of something beautiful in the world, past, present, and..." Read more

"...the herd at Rocky Hollow Buffalo Ranch in Kimball, Nebraska so much more enjoyable. I also enjoyed the chapters on other prairie inhabitants...." Read more

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William Fields
A Primer on These Magnificent Creatures
Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2019
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So much to learn, so little truth available elsewhere. Dale Lott's comprehensive study of the bison and its environment is thoughtful, scientific, entertaining, humorous and insightful beyond measure. It isn't often that a work of scholarly excellence is also a dampened good read. This one is a page turner that kept me from other obligations throughout. It is a rare good read on a much too neglected subject.

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Kelly Cotten
Best, most accurate, and entertaining bison book I've ever read!
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2013
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I've visited, hiked, backpacked and studied bison refuges and the plants and animals that live on them, for two decades...faced many a charging bull and nearly killed once...and I've never read a better book about the lives of Bison bison.
Almost every aspect of bison - their intraspecific and interspecific relationships - are covered in easy-to-read and personally-observed detail. The author is a wildlife ecologist specializing in social relationships. He grew up with bison on The National Bison Refuge in Montana and went on to become a respected wildlife scientist. He's a good storyteller, master of the telling detail, and slyly humorous. If you're deeply interested in bison and their habitats, it doesn't get any better than this - best popular science book available on the subject and well worth the price.

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T. Lalley
Best book I read in 2004
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2005
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I can't believe it's true, but it was the best book for me in 2004. Of course, I have a particular interest in bison and prairie wildlife but most of the books I read on those subjects are pretty dull and a chore to work through.

In stark contrast, Lott's book is a joy to read. Just because a species is interesting doesn't ensure that a book on it will be. Lott gives these amazing creatures the treatment they deserve. The reader can tell that Lott really enjoyed writing this book. His writing is entertaining, humorous when appropriate and packed with a ton of information.

Eveb if you're not into wildlife, bison or the prairie, I'd still recommend this book. Bison are an important part of the ecology, history and psychology of this nation. Lott reminds us that bison are in our blood.

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Robert Hall
This is a terrific book. I bought it after seeing so many ...
Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2014
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This is a terrific book. I bought it after seeing so many bison on our trip to Yellowstone this fall. Lott obviously loves bison and
after reading his book, I now admire them too. It's easy to discredit them after seeing so many standing around beside and
on the roads in Yellowstone but they are really fascinating with their very successful adaptations. We saw a herd of bison
race across Lamar Valley, through the Lamar River, and up the opposite hillside with a little blond calf in the lead. It was
great. There is a lot more to them than most visitors realize. I suspected this might be the case which is why I bought this book.
I was glad I did. I have one big question about Lott's study though. His work is almost entirely from the National Bison Range
which is an entirely fenced preserve. Very different from where wild bison naturally live. It would be more relevant I think if
he would do some work in Yellowstone, esp. now that there are wolves.

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Beautiful bison-eye-view of the world
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This book is something truly rare these days -- the combination of a lifetime of close observation with scientific expertise. Clearly the author gave his life to this work and the result is a clear, readable, entertaining, humble account of something beautiful in the world, past, present, and future. Highly recommended to anyone. Fascinating.

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Austin McKinney
Good book but could be better.
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I liked all of the bison information but it seems like the author ran out of material and introduced other plains animals into the book and how they relate to the bison. Other than the other animals involved I think the book was really well done and informative. Would be a good book for a young adult to get some good information and have a good introduction to Bison and their Great Plains companions.

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L. Loker
Fascinating
Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2020
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Well written and easy to read, I learned so much about these wild creatures. It made watching the herd at Rocky Hollow Buffalo Ranch in Kimball, Nebraska so much more enjoyable. I also enjoyed the chapters on other prairie inhabitants. I recommend this book for anyone interested in American West history or bison.

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Jay Fahn
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Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2012
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Dale Lott is thoughtful, often funny and a gifted writer. The chapters on inter-herd behavior are the most useful for readers familiar with bison such as the "domesticators" (people keeping private herds) whom he castigates later in this easily read volume. Herd structure and dynamics are reviewed in a clear and concise prose. Chapters on the bisons' prairie neighbors such as pronghorn, prairie dogs, and coyotes while informative and even amusing, detract from the core narrative. Chapters on health and parasites could have been more inclusive. As keepers of a small private herd, we felt the gentle lash of Lott's admonishment and warning of the risks of domestication. He raises serious issues in a slim, well organized and informative book.

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The Near Death Experience of the Bison
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 23, 2013
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Having read recently about the history of the Red Indians in America, which included their relationship with Bison, I was itching to read A little more. A trip to a local bison farm hardened that desire.
I thoroughly enjoyed this read. The poor old bison went from millions on the American plains to just a few hundred. This details that story and the hopeful salvation of this noble beast.
It also details its relationships, diet, habitat, population, predators and fellow animals that lived on those plains.
Finally, it describes the slaughters that took place and the reasons for them? It so nearly drove the bison to extinction. The numbers are still very small but there does now seem a determined effort to ensure the bison remain in some form for ever more - Hooray! This is an excellent natural history read.

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