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Title	Wood Bison Calf
Alternative Title	Bison bison athabascae
Creator	Laura Whitehouse
Description	During the early 1800s, wood bison numbers were estimated at 168,000, but by the late 1800s, the subspecies was nearly eliminated. Excessive hunting was the primary factor leading to population decline. Another factor that is thought to have played a role in the decline in wood bison in Canada is a gradual loss of meadow habitat through forest encroachment. Although not quantified, it is likely that because of fire suppression, and subsequent forest encroachment on meadows, there was a loss of suitable open meadow habitat for wood bison throughout their range through about 1990.
FWS Resource Links	http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=A00R
Subject	Mammals Endangered species
Location	Alaska
Publisher	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Date of Original	7 February 2011
Type	Still Image
Format	JPG
Item ID	5425978356_b2a9b72442_b
Source	USFWS Alaska Region/Flickr
Rights	Public Domain
File Size	474877 Bytes
Height	648
Width	1024
Color Space	RGB
Full resolution	Volume237/5425978356_b2a9b72442_b.jpg http://digitalmedia.fws.gov/FullRes/natdiglib/Volume237/5425978356_b2a9b72442_b.jpg
Date created	2011-02-09
Date modified	2011-02-09