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American pronghorn : social adaptations & the ghosts of predators past

Title: American pronghorn : social adaptations & the ghosts of predators past / John A. Byers.
Author: Byers, John A. (John Alexander), 1948-
Publication: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997.

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Description

xviii, 300 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

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Bibliography (note)

Contents

Ch. 1. Survivors from Another World -- Ch. 2. Methods and Materials -- Ch. 3. The Selfish Herd: Modal Social Organization -- Ch. 4. Birth and the Hiding Strategy -- Ch. 5. Behavioral Development -- Ch. 6. Lifetime Dominance Ranks of Females and Males -- Ch. 7. Female Reproduction: The Level of Expenditure -- Ch. 8. Female Reproduction: Age, Rank, and Individual Differences -- Ch. 9. Male Reproduction: A Short, Dangerous Life -- Ch. 10. The Mating System: Conflict and Cooperation between the Sexes -- Ch. 11. The Ghosts of Predators Past -- App. 1. Ungulate Populations on the National Bison Range -- App. 2. The National Bison Range Pronghorn Population -- App. 3. A Partial List of Native Flowering Grassland Plants Found in Pronghorn Habitat on the National Bison Range -- App. 4. Dates of Birth and Death, Focal Hours of Observation, and the Nature of Early Social Experience of Individual Males and Females That Were Followed Longitudinally -- App. 5. Measurement of Male Size --
App. 6. Measurement of Rut Activity Costs of Females.

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97014726

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Columbia University Libraries