Essays about: "Bison bonasus"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 10 essays containing the words Bison bonasus.

  1. 6. Habitat selection of the European bison

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Carl Lehto; [2015]
    Keywords : Euroepan bison; Bison bonasus; habitat selection; refugee species; resource selection function;

    Abstract : Skogens konung eller präriens prins: var hör visenten hemma egentligen? Visenten är Europas tyngsta nu levande landdjur. Då en vuxen tjur kan nå nästan två meter i mankhöjd och väga upp mot ett ton så är det sannerligen en uppseendeväckande best. READ MORE

  3. 7. Attityder till återintroduktion av visent i Sverige

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Axel Bergsten; [2012]
    Keywords : visent; bison bonasus; återintroduktion; human dimensions; attityd;

    Abstract : The European bison is a species which is no longer present in the wild fauna of Sweden. Reintroduction has been proposed in several different forums. Reintroduction is an attempt to reestablish a viable population of a species in an area to which it is native. READ MORE

  4. 8. Förutsättningar för återintroduktion av stora gräsätare i Sverige

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Erland Lindblad; [2011]
    Keywords : Naturvård; biologisk mångfald; våtmarker; sumpskogar; naturbetesmarker; kraftledningsgator; stamnätet; hävd; bete; stora gräsätare; visent ; uroxe ; vildhäst ; vildren ; vitryggig hackspett ; mellanspett ; svart stork ; Bison bonasus; Bos primigenius; Equus ferus; Rangifer tarandus; Dendrocopos leucotos; Dendrocopos medius; Ciconia nigra;

    Abstract : Biodiversity is under threat in Sweden and many species are on the brink of extinction. This is mainly due to the large-scale drainage projects during the 19th and 20th century and the increasingly intensive land use in agriculture and forestry. READ MORE

  5. 9. Effects of the captive environment and enrichment on the daily activity of European Bison (Bison bonasus)

    University essay from Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

    Author : Erika Godoy; [2009]
    Keywords : Activity budget; barren enclosure; captivity; feeding enrichment; naturalistic enclosure; reintroduction; social structure; ex situ conservation;

    Abstract : When breeding wild species in captivity, the animals may gradually become more adapted to captivity and therefore less suited for reintroduction which is the ultimate goal for some species. This study measured the activity budget of European bison (Bison bonasus) in six enclosures in Sweden with the aim to find out how the characteristics of the enclosures – with and without pasture - influenced the activity budget. READ MORE

  6. 10.  Do enclosure characteristics affect anti-predator behaviour in the European bison (Bison bonasus)?

    University essay from Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

    Author : Annika Hofling; [2009]
    Keywords : Auditory; behaviour; enclosure; European bison; olfactory; predator; visual;

    Abstract : Animals raised in captivity often fail to express appropriate anti-predator behaviour when reintroduced into the wild. The European bison (Bison bonasus) is a species that was close to extinction in the early 20th century but was saved in the last moment by intense captive breeding and subsequent reintroduction into the wild. READ MORE