Hypsodonty in ungulates: an adaptation for grass consumption or for foraging in open habitat?

M Mendoza, P Palmqvist - Journal of Zoology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Hypsodont (ie high‐crowned) teeth have been interpreted as an indicator of feeding
preferences and habitat selection in ungulates. For this reason, the degree of hypsodonty …

European bison habitat in the Carpathian Mountains

T Kuemmerle, K Perzanowski, O Chaskovskyy… - Biological …, 2010 - Elsevier
European Bison (Bison bonasus) barely escaped extinction in the early 20th century and
now only occur in small isolated herds scattered across Central and Eastern Europe. The …

Were European steppe bison migratory? 18O, 13C and Sr intra-tooth isotopic variations applied to a palaeoethological reconstruction

MA Julien, H Bocherens, A Burke, DG Drucker… - Quaternary …, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on the palaeoethological study of steppe bison (Bison priscus), a
Eurasiatic species that disappeared at the end of the Pleistocene. In the Southern steppe of …

Predicting potential European bison habitat across its former range

T Kuemmerle, VC Radeloff, K Perzanowski… - Ecological …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat loss threatens large mammals worldwide, and their survival will depend on habitat in
human‐dominated landscapes. Conservation planners thus face the challenge to identify …

Stable isotope signatures of large herbivore foraging habitats across Europe

E Hofman-Kamińska, H Bocherens, T Borowik… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
We investigated how do environmental and climatic factors, but also management, affect the
carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) stable isotope composition in bone collagen of the two …

Farm Crops Depredation by European Bison (Bison bonasus) in the Vicinity of Forest Habitats in Northeastern Poland

E Hofman-Kamińska, R Kowalczyk - Environmental management, 2012 - Springer
European bison, the largest mammal in Europe, after being exterminated in the wild and
then restored during the 20th century is still listed by the International Union for …

[HTML][HTML] Debarking intensity of European bison in the Bieszczady Mountains in relation to forest habitat features

A Nieszała, D Klich, K Perzanowski… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The damage to trees that is caused by ungulate species is a natural result of their presence
in ecosystems. High densities of ungulates may have a negative effect on biodiversity and …

The Return of the King or Bringing Snails to the Garden? The Human Dimensions of a Proposed Restoration of European Bison (Bison bonasus) in Germany

SE Decker, AJ Bath, A Simms, U Lindner… - Restoration …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Human dimensions research can help resource and wildlife managers make informed
decisions, target information efforts, and gain a greater understanding of the factors that …

Analysis of the Genetic Diversity of the European Bison (Bison bonasus) Population in Lithuania

R Lapickis, L Griciuvienė, A Kibiša, I Lipatova… - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
The European bison is a species well known for its low genetic variability due to historical
bottleneck incidents. Restoration of the European bison population in Lithuania began at the …

[HTML][HTML] Endoparasite loads and the efficacy of conventional anthelmintics against gastrointestinal nematodes in captive European bison

M Gałązka, D Klich, K Filip-Hutsch, W Olech… - International Journal for …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although little information exists on the efficacy of deworming in wild ruminants,
gastrointestinal nematodes have been found to demonstrate increasing drug resistance. The …