American Pronghorn - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Pronghorn write by John A. Byers. This book was released on 1997. American Pronghorn available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Based on the behavior of American pronghorn antelope--which exhibit certain unexplainable "defense" characteristics--zoologist John A. Byers theorizes the animals' mystifying behaviors evolved in response to dangerous predators of their ancient past. Byers's provocative hypothesis suggests that other species' adaptations also are haunted by ghosts of predators past. 41 photos. 111 line drawings.
Pronghorn
Pronghorn - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pronghorn write by Gary Turbak. This book was released on 1995. Pronghorn available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Focusing on the pronghorn's history, unique features, habitat, and behavior, here is a tribute to this animal's evolutionary tenacity, its ability to exist in a meager habitat, and its world-famous speed. First-prize winner in the book competition of the Outdoor Writer's Association of America.
Prairie Ghost
Prairie Ghost - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Prairie Ghost write by Richard E McCabe. This book was released on 2011-05-18. Prairie Ghost available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this lavishly illustrated volume, Richard E. McCabe, Bart W. O'Gara and Henry M. Reeves explore the fascinating relationship of pronghorn with people in early America, from prehistoric evidence through the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876. The only one of fourteen pronghorn-like genera to survive the great extinction brought on by human migration into North America, the pronghorn has a long and unique history of interaction with humans on the continent, a history that until now has largely remained unwritten. With nearly 150 black-and-white photographs, 16 pages of color illustrations, plus original artwork by Daniel P. Metz, Prairie Ghost: Pronghorn and Human Interaction in Early America tells the intriguing story of humans and these elusive big game mammals in an informative and entertaining fashion that will appeal to historians, biologists, sportsmen and the general reader alike.
Habitat Management Guides for the American Pronghorn Antelope
Habitat Management Guides for the American Pronghorn Antelope - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Habitat Management Guides for the American Pronghorn Antelope write by James D. Yoakum. This book was released on 1981. Habitat Management Guides for the American Pronghorn Antelope available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Built for Speed
Built for Speed - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Built for Speed write by John A. Byers. This book was released on 2009-07-01. Built for Speed available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. North America’s fastest mammal, the pronghorn can accelerate explosively from a standing start to a top speed of 60 miles per hour—but it can also cruise at 45 miles per hour for many miles. What accounts for the speed of this extraordinary animal, a denizen of the American outback, and what can be observed of this creature’s way of life? And what is it like to be a field biologist dedicating twenty years to studying this species? In Built for Speed, John A. Byers answers these questions as he draws an intimate portrait of the most charismatic resident of the American Great Plains. The National Bison Range in western Montana, established in 1908 to snatch bison from the brink of extinction, also inadvertently rescued the largest known remnant of Palouse Prairie. It is within this grassland habitat—home to meadowlarks, rattlesnakes, bighorn sheep, coyotes, elk, snipe, and a panoply of wildflowers—that Byers observes the pronghorn’s life from birth to death (a life often as brief as four days, sometimes as long as fifteen years) and from season to season. Readers will also experience the vicarious pleasures of a biologist who is eager to race a pronghorn in his truck, scrutinize bison dung through binoculars, and peer through the gathering dusk of a rainy evening to count the display dives of snipe. A vivid and memorable tale of a first-rate scientist’s twenty-year encounter with a magnificent animal, the story of the pronghorn is also a reminder of the crucial role we can play in preserving the fleeting life of the native American grassland.
