American Bison - Buffalo Field Campaign
American Bison - Buffalo Field Campaign
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NBA National <strong>Bison</strong> Association, U.S.A<br />
NBMB Northern <strong>Buffalo</strong> Management Board, Canada<br />
NBR National <strong>Bison</strong> Range, Montana<br />
NCC Nature Conservancy of Canada<br />
Ne Effective population size<br />
NEP Nonessential experimental population<br />
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act, U.S.A<br />
NER National Elk Refuge, Wyoming<br />
NGO Non-governmental organisation<br />
NPS U.S. National Park Service<br />
NRCS Natural Resource Conservation Service, U.S.A<br />
NWT Northwest Territories, Canada<br />
NTENR Northwest Territories Environment and Natural<br />
Resources<br />
OIE World Organization for Animal Health<br />
PANP Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan<br />
PCA Parks Canada Agency<br />
PES Pay-for-Environmental Services<br />
PHVA Population and Habitat Viability Assessment<br />
PPAs Private protected areas<br />
PVA Population viability analysis<br />
RAC Research Advisory Committee for bison<br />
disease research in WBNP<br />
RDR Reportable Diseases Regulations<br />
ˆr Observed exponential rate of population<br />
increase<br />
r m<br />
Maximum exponential rate of population<br />
increase<br />
RMEF Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation<br />
SAGARPA Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock Production,<br />
Rural Development, Fishery and Food, Mexico<br />
SCBD Secretariat of the Convention on Biological<br />
Diversity<br />
SDGFP South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks<br />
SEMARNAT Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos<br />
Naturales, México<br />
SENASICA Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y<br />
Calidad Agroalimentaria, Mexico<br />
xiv <strong>American</strong> <strong>Bison</strong>: Status Survey and Conservation Guidelines 2010<br />
SERI Society for Ecological Restoration International<br />
SERS Society for Ecological Restoration Science<br />
SHNGP Sully’s Hill National Game Preserve, North<br />
Dakota<br />
SRL Slave River Lowlands, Northwest Territories,<br />
Canada<br />
SNMNH Smithsonian National Museum of Natural<br />
History<br />
SWAP State Wildlife Action Plan (name varies by<br />
state)<br />
TB Tuberculosis<br />
TGPP Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Oklahoma<br />
TNC The Nature Conservancy<br />
TRNP Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North<br />
Dakota<br />
TSE Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies<br />
TESF Turner Endangered Species Fund<br />
USNARA U.S. National Archives and Records<br />
Administration<br />
USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture<br />
USDOI U.S. Department of the Interior<br />
USFS U.S. Forest Service<br />
USFWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service<br />
USGSBRD U.S. Geological Survey Biological Resources<br />
Division<br />
VJDHSP Voluntary Johne’s Disease Herd Status<br />
Programme (for cattle)<br />
WBNP Wood <strong>Buffalo</strong> National Park, Alberta and<br />
Northwest Territories<br />
WBP Wainwright <strong>Buffalo</strong> Park, Alberta<br />
WCNP Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota<br />
WCS Wildlife Conservation Society<br />
WHO World Health Organization<br />
WMNWR Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge,<br />
Oklahoma<br />
WWF World Wildlife Fund<br />
YDOE Yukon Department of the Environment<br />
YNP Yellowstone National Park, Idaho, Montana<br />
and Wyoming<br />
YT Yukon Territory, Canada