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Updated April, 2021 Dr. Jayson Galbraith, ADJUNCT DIRECTOR Work: (780)679-1309 Jayson.Galbraith(at)gov.ab.ca Past Chair Bruce Downey, Chair, Zone 1 P.O. Box 609 Castor, AB T0C 0X0 … https://www.bisoncentre.com/about-us/board-directors/

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Nutritional Information

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Calving Patterns Among American Bison

We monitored calving in American bison (Bison bison) for 8 consecutive years on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma. Calving rates were significantly lower among 2- and > 13-year olds than among females 3-13 years old. Although mature females …
JAMES H. SHAW Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Department of Zoology Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK 74078. TRACY S. CARTER, Museum of Natural and … https://www.bisoncentre.com/resources/resource-library/bison-research/ecology-bison-and-environment/calving-patterns-among-american-bison/

Foraging Ecology of Bison and Cattle

Widespread access to bison of breeding age in the recent decade has created an alternative to cattle in grassland natural area management. Cattle and bison are considered generalist foragers, yet, differences in food habits indicate that cattle are more s…
Glenn E. Plumb and Jerrold L. Dodd Authors are wildlife biologist, Badlands National Park, Box 6, Interior, S.D. 57750; and professor, Department of Range Management, Box 3354,… https://www.bisoncentre.com/resources/resource-library/bison-research/ecology-bison-and-environment/foraging-ecology-bison-and-cattle/

The Influence of Rut and Environmental Factors on the Behaviour of Wood Bison

Free-ranging bison are found in four areas of northern Canada, Wood Buffalo National Park (WBNP), the Slave River Lowlands (SRL), Nahanni-Liard river drainages (NL), and the Mackenzie Bison Sanctuary (MBS). However, the SRL population declined from over 2…
Derek A. MELTON, Nicholas C. LARTER, Cormack C. GATES, & John A. VIRGL Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Natal Pieterma-ritzburg, RSA, 3201; Department of Ren… https://www.bisoncentre.com/resources/resource-library/bison-research/ecology-bison-and-environment/plasticity-reproductive-behaviour-wood-bison-bulls-when-subadults-are-given-chance/influence-rut-and-environmental-factors-behaviour-wood-bison/

Consumer Perceptions of Bison

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Bison Start Up and Investing Information

Breeding female prices climbed rapidly through the mid 1990's and peaked around the early fall of 1998 at: heifer calves, $3500 to $4500 yearlings, $5000 to $5500 bred two-year-olds, $7000 to $9000 cows from good breeding stock herds, $10,000 Price…
Steven Morrical Market Development & Promotions Chair Alberta Bison Association April 3, 2000 This is a quick perspective on how I see investing in the bison business at this t… https://www.bisoncentre.com/resources/resource-library/bison-marketing-economics/absentee-ownership/bison-start-and-investing-information/

Plasticity of Reproductive Behaviour in Wood Bison Bulls: When Subadults are Given a Chance

In animals that defer reproduction until after physiological maturity because of competition by older individuals, one would expect that individuals reproduce earlier when competition decreases. We investigated nine behaviours relevant to reproduction in …
P.E. KOMERS, F. MESSIER and C.C. GATES Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, SlN OWO, Canada Reprinted from Ethology, Ecology, and Evolution.… https://www.bisoncentre.com/resources/resource-library/bison-research/ecology-bison-and-environment/plasticity-reproductive-behaviour-wood-bison-bulls-when-subadults-are-given-chance/

Managing Gate to Plate

Producing a quality meat product is important for bison producers if they want to prosper. The process starts with the management of the animals on the farm and continues until the meat is consumed. This article is a summary of Bob Dineen
Robert Dineen Rocky Mountain Natural Meats Reprinted from Smoke Signals, volume XI, number 6, December 2000 Summary Producing a quality meat product is important for bison … https://www.bisoncentre.com/resources/resource-library/bison-marketing-economics/economics-raisng-bison/managing-gate-plate/

The Economics of Finishing Bison

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Today’s Food Trends: Are Consumers Eating to live…Or Living to Eat?

This article was originally presented at the International Bison Conference in August 2000 in Edmonton. Dianne discusses trends in the North American food consumer
Dianne Morris, PhD, RD President, Mainstream Nutrition Reprinted from Smoke Signals, volume XI, number 6, December 2000, pages 25-30 Summary This article was originally presen… https://www.bisoncentre.com/resources/resource-library/bison-marketing-economics/economics-raisng-bison/todays-food-trends-are-consumers-eating-liveor-living-eat/

Preliminary Response of Sandhills Prairie to Fire and Bison Grazing

This research determined the preliminary response of sandhills prairie to spring and summer prescribed burns, and their interaction with Bison (Bison Bison) grazing. Changes in species composition and standing crop were determined for paired (caged/uncage…
Kent E. Pfeiffer and Allen A. Steuter Authors are graduate student, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506; and Director of Science and Stewardship, The … https://www.bisoncentre.com/resources/resource-library/bison-research/ecology-bison-and-environment/preliminary-response-sandhills-prairie-fire-and-bison-grazing/

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