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Languages : en
Pages : 126
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Sharp-tailed Grouse Nesting and Brooding Habitat in Southwestern North Dakota
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Languages : en
Pages : 126
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Nesting and Brood Rearing Ecology of Sharp-tailed Grouse in Relation to Specialized Grazing Systems
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Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Habitat Selection by Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse in West-central Idaho
Author: Jeffrey S. MarksPublisher:
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
The Ecology of Sharp-tailed Grouse
Author: G. W. PepperPublisher: [Regina] : Saskatchewan Department of Natural Resources
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 61
Book Description
The North American Grouse: Their Biology and Behavior
Author: Paul JohnsgardPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1609620879
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
The ten currently recognized species of grouse in North America have played an important role in America's history, from the famous but ill-fated heath hen, a primary source of meat for the earliest New England immigrants, to the ruffed grouse, currently one of the most abundant and soughtafter upland game birds in more than 40 states and provinces. This book summarizes the ecology, reproductive biology, and social behavior of all ten of the extant North American grouse species. It also describes the current status of grouse populations, some of which are perilously close to extinction. The social behavior of grouse is of special biological interest because among these ten species there is a complete mating system spectrum, from seasonally monogamous pair-bonding to highly promiscuous mating patterns. The latter group illustrates the strong structural and behavioral effects of sexual selection resulting from nonmonogamous mating. These influences reach a peak in the development by some grouse species of engaging in mating "leks," arena-like competitions performed by males while attempting to attract fertile females, and also provide opportunities for females to select optimum mating partners. These sexual competitions also promote strong differences evolving in sexual signaling behaviors ("displays") among closely related species. Nevertheless, a relatively high incidence of mating errors and resulting hybridization often occurs in spite of these marked behavioral differences. In addition to a text of 101,000 words, the book includes 16 range maps, 37 line drawings, and 38 photographs by the author, as well as nearly 1,400 literature citations.
Woodcock Ecology and Management
Author: Harold A. KantrudPublisher:
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Category : Amphibians
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
Reproductive Ecology of Female Sharp-tailed Grouse (Pedioecetes Phasianellus) and Its Relationship to Early Plant Succession in Northwestern Minnesota
Author: Robert John SchillerPublisher:
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Category : Game and game-birds
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Adaptive Strategies and Population Ecology of Northern Grouse
Author: A. T. BergerudPublisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 0816614695
Category : Adaptation (Biology).
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
"Adaptive Strategies and Population Ecology of Northern Grouse" was first published in 1988. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. This book is at once a major reference to the species of grouse that inhabit North America and the Holarctic and a synthesis of all the available data on their ecology, sociobiology, population dynamics, and management. The book undertakes to answer two long-standing questions in population ecology: what actually regulates the numbers within a population, and what are the breeding and survival strategies evolved in this northern environment? For Volume I, editors Arthur T. Bergerud and Michael W. Gratson have drawn together their own work and that of colleagues in North America, Iceland, and Norway--in all, eleven research studies, averaging six years' duration, on eight species of grouse. These studies deal with the blue and ruffed grouse of the forest habitat; the sharp-tailed grouse, prairie chicken, and sage grouse of the prairie or steppe; and the white-tailed, rick, and willow ptarmigan found in alpine and arctic tundras. The authors describe the rich repertoire of behavior patterns developed by the hen and the cock to achieve their two primary objectives--first, to stay alive, and then to breed. Volume II, primarily the work of Bergerud, synthesizes the evidence in Volume I and in the grouse research literature from a theoretical perspective. Several potentially controversial sociobiological hypotheses are advanced to account for flocking behavior, migration, dispersal, roosting and feeding behavior, mate choice and mating systems. The demographic analysis provides new insights into cycles of abundance, the limitation of numbers, and the demographic factors that determine densities. The contributors, besides Bergerud and Gratson: R.C. Davies, A. Gardarson, J.E. Hartzler, R.A. Huempfner, D.A. Jenni, D.H. Mossop, S. Myrberget, R.E. Page, R.K. Schmidt, W.D. Svedarsky, and J.R. Tester.
Wildlife Research Report
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Category : Wildlife research
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Effects of Pasture Management on Sharp-tailed Grouse Nesting and Brooding Habitat in Southwestern North Dakota
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Languages : en
Pages : 54
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