| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 323 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-316) and index. |
| Summary |
This account of the discovery and examination of a mummified extinct steppe bison in loess deposits of Pleistocene age in interior Alaska near Fairbanks, gives a picture of bison evolutionary history and ecology on the 'Mammoth Steppe'. |
| Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The Curse of the Frozen Mammoths; 2. Unearthing Blue Babe; 3. Reconstructing Blue Babe's Death; 4. Recinstructing Blue Babe's Appearance; 5. Tracking Down Blue Babe's Missing Hump; 6. Steppe Bison Ethology; 7. Steppe Bison Ecology and Phylogeny; 8. The Mammoth Steppe; 9. Arguments and Controversies about the Mammoth Steppe; 10. Bison Hunting on the Mammoth Steppe; 11. Preparation and Exhibition of Blue Babe; Appendix A; Appendix B; References; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Steppe bison -- Alaska -- Fairbanks Region.
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Steppe bison. |
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Alaska -- Fairbanks Region. |
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Blue Babe (Steppe bison)
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Blue Babe (Steppe bison) |
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Paleontology -- Alaska -- Fairbanks Region.
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Paleontology. |
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Paleobiology.
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Paleobiology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Guthrie, R. Dale (Russell Dale), 1936- Frozen fauna of the Mammoth Steppe 0226311228 (DLC) 89004896 (OCoLC)19589054 |
| ISBN |
9780226159713 (electronic book) |
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022615971X (electronic book) |
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0226311228 |
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9780226311227 |
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0226311236 |
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9780226311234 |
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