"Bison" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A genus of the family Bovidae having two species: B. bison and B. bonasus. This concept is differentiated from BUFFALOES, which refers to Bubalus arnee and Syncerus caffer.
| Descriptor ID |
D016164
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.313.500.380.120
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| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bison" by people in Profiles.
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Species-specific responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans. Nature. 2011 Nov 02; 479(7373):359-64.