The Present State of the Belovezhsky Bison Herd (Bison bonasus L., 1758), Under the Conditions of the Mountain Altay Region
A. V. Kushnir, V. A. Popov
Keywords: population, natural parks, herbage, number, livestock, calving, growth, reproduction, sexually mature, productive
Pages: 835-839
Abstract
Results of the investigation of the belovezhsky bison under the conditions of the Mountain Altay conditions, as well as the data on bison transference into the Altay agricultural farm, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, are presented. The properties of the bison nursery, its climatic and natural conditions are described. The dynamics of sexual and age maturation of bisons within 1989-2009 and the ratio of sexually mature and reproductive bison females within 1985-2005 are described. The authors suggest to develop the program on breeding the belovezhsky bison under the conditions of the Mountain Altay region and to form the free-living populations in West Siberia.
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