PRELIMINARY LIST OF PAPERS TO BE PRESENTED
Bison Ecology and Management in North America

DISEASE SESSION

• Age-structured models for brucellosis in bison, elk and cattle. A. Dobson; M. Roberts; M. Meagher
• An attempt to eradicate bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis from a wood bison herd in Northern Canada. C.C. Gates; B. Elkin; D. Beaulieu
• Brucellosis in Bison-Case Studies. M. J. Gilsdorf
• Risk of spread of brucellosis from Bison in the National Elk Refuge to cattle surrounding the Grand Teton National Park. R. Howe
• Relationships between ecology and epidemiology in Brucella abortus infections of free-ranging bison. M. E. Meyer; M. Meagher
• Preliminary results on tissue localization sites of Brucella abortus in female bison from Yellowstone National Park. J. C. Rhyan; D. R. Ewalt; T. Gidlewski; L. M. Philo; K. Aune; T. Roffe
• Epidemiology and pathogenesis of Brucellosis in Yellowstone National Park Bison. T. J. Roffe; J. C. Rhyan; K. Aune; L. M. Philo; M. Gilsdorf; S. Olsen; T. Gidlewski; D. R. Ewalt
• Serology and infection with Brucellosis in Yellowstone National Park bison. T. J. Roffe; J. C. Rhyan; K. Aune; L. M. Philo; D. R. Ewalt
• Historical relationships among Brucellosis and wildlife. A. Wywialowski; M. Gilsdorf

ECOLOGY SESSION

• Preliminary results on home range, movements, reproduction and behavior of female bison in the Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park. K. Aune; T. Roffe; J. Ryan; J. Mack; A. Whitelaw
• The Rocky Mountain Front: home to bison. T. Baumeister
• Modeling the foraging dynamics of wood bison. C. M. Bergman
• Spatial distribution of bison grazing as a function of fire and range site. M. E. Biondini; A. A. Steuter
• Effects of forced weaning on subsequent mother-daughter associations and reproduction in bison. J. S. Bohannon; W. S. Fairbanks
• Scent-marking in American bison. R. T. Bowyer; X. Manteca; A. Hoymork
• Wolf predation on bison in Wood Buffalo National Park. Dr. L. Carbyn
• Summer nocturnal movements and habitat selection by bison in Colorado. F. J. Hein; C. R. Preston
• Recent change in Yellowstone bison numbers and distribution. M. Meagher
• The role of learning by bison in population changes in Yellowstone National Park. M. Meagher
• Utah's Henry Mountain Bison Range Restoration Project. R. Stevens; S. C. Walker; J. N. Davis
• Bison as controllers of ecosystem productivity and stability. L.L. Wallace; M. I. Dyer; J. Bell
• Are cows just domestic bison? G. Wuerthner

GENETICS AND PHYSIOLOGY SESSION

• North American bison as a model for megavertebrate conservation. J.N. Derr; T.J. Ward; J. Schnieder; J.W. Templeton
• Nutrient composition of fed bison. M.J. Marchello
• Genetic relationship between North American and European bison as determined by mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences. T.J. Ward; J.N. Derr
• Field experience with Etorphine and Carfentanil immobilization of free-ranging bison. T. J. Roffe; D. Hunter; K. Aune
• Genetics based natural resistance in bison to Brucellosis. J. W. Templeton; L. G. Adams; D. S. Davis; J. Feng; M. Izadjoo
• New non-capture approaches to the study and control of reproduction in bison. J.F. Kirkpatrick; S.E. Shidelar; B.L. Lasley

MANAGEMENT SESSION

• Bison management by the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes, Montana. M. Fox; C. J. Knowles; C. D. Mitchell
• Consensus based research to assist with bison management in Wood Buffalo. S. Gellatly; J. Chisholm; D. Huff
• Role of the Greater Yellowstone Interagency Brucellosis Committee in sustainable management of bison in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. D. Huff; A. Reese; W. Brewster
• Trends in private bison production. C. J. Knowles; C. D. Mitchell
• Montana's perspective on bison management. J. Mundinger
• Handling facilities on a budget. T. O. Norman
• The history of bison conservation in Kansas. T. O. Norman
• Wild bison restoration. R. P. Scott
• Bio-political perspectives on a proposed wood bison reintroduction to Alaska. R. O. Stephenson; C. L. Fleener
• Management strategies for the Custer State Park bison herd. R. E. Walker
• Preparing for the future: projecting herd sizes, market potentials, and the most effective management pathways. T. P. Yorks

PALEONTOLOGY AND HISTORY SESSION

• Growth and development of the Bison antiquus skeleton. L. C. Bement
• The American bison as an unexploited energy resource. J. D. Brotherson
• Predator and prey on the late prehistoric high plains of North America. G. R. Burgett; T. Church;
• Bison hunting in the Yellowstone river drainage. T. Haynes
• The destruction of the Northern bison herds. R. G. Morgan
• Human-bison interaction in the Northern Black Hills. C. A. Reher; L. C. Todd
• Late pleistocene extinctions by second order overkill. E. Whitney-Smith
• Ecological relationships between bison and Native Americans in Montana during prehistory and the early historic period. J.W. Fisher, T.E. Roll

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