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INHS Seminar - The American Bison or Buffalo in Illinois: Historical Abundance and Ecology

Event Type
Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor
Illinois Natural History Survey Seminar Committee
Location
1005 Forbes Natural History Building, 1816 S Oak Street, Champaign
Date
Mar 3, 2020   3:30 pm  
Speaker
Dr. John White, Research Affiliate, Illinois Natural History Survey
Contact
Greg Spyreas
E-Mail
spyreas@illinois.edu
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Learn what historical and scientific research reveals about four topics: (1) eyewitness counts of the number of American Bison in Illinois from the late 1600s to the early 1800s, (2) earlier evidence of bison from archaeological and fossil deposits, (3) factors that influenced the abundance of bison and ultimately caused their extinction in Illinois, and (4) the ecological role of bison in the early Illinois prairie.

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