Adaptive strategies and population ecology of northern grouse. Volume 1 /

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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:...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bergerud, A. T., Gratson, Michael W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©1987.
Temas:
Grouse.
Bird populations.
Adaptation (Biology)
Tétraonidés.
Oiseaux > Populations.
Adaptation (Biologie)
NATURE > Birdwatching Guides.
Bird populations
Grouse
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Authors
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I. Population Studies
  • FOREST GROUSE
  • Chapter 1. A Relation between Aggressive Behavior and Population Dynamics in Blue Grouse
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Study areas and methodology
  • 1.3 Demographic findings
  • 1.4 Behavioral findings
  • 1.5 Discussion
  • 1.6 Summary
  • Chapter 2. Demography and Behavior of Insular Blue Grouse Populations
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Description of study areas
  • 2.3 Methods
  • 2.4 Demography
  • 2.5 Behavior
  • 2.6 Discussion
  • 2.7 Summary
  • Chapter 3. Demography and Behavior of Ruffed Grouse in British Columbia3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Study area and methods
  • 3.3 Demographic Findings
  • 3.4 Aggressiveness and approachability of birds
  • 3.5 Discussion
  • 3.6 Summary
  • Chapter 4. Winter Arboreal Feeding Behavior of Ruffed Grouse in East-Central Minnesota
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Study area and methods
  • 4.3 Results and discussion
  • 4.4 Conclusions
  • 4.5 Summary
  • STEPPE GROUSE
  • Chapter 5. Spatial Patterns, Movements, and Cover Selection by Sharp-tailed Grouse
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Study area5.3 Methods
  • 5.4 Results
  • 5.5 Discussion
  • 5.6 Summary
  • Chapter 6. Reproductive Ecology of Female Greater Prairie Chickens in Minnesota
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Study area
  • 6.3 Methods
  • 6.4 Results
  • 6.5 Discussion
  • 6.6 Summary
  • Chapter 7. Mate Choice by Female Sage Grouse
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Study area and methods
  • 7.3 Territorial establishment and mating success
  • 7.4 Hen selection of mating centers or cocks
  • 7.5 Discussion
  • 7.6 Summary
  • TUNDRA GROUSE
  • Chapter 8. Behavior of White-tailed Ptarmigan during the Breeding Season8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 Study areas
  • 8.3 Methods
  • 8.4 Early territorial behavior
  • 8.5 Territories and territorial maintenance
  • 8.6 Pair bonds
  • 8.7 The brood period
  • 8.8 Male postbreeding flocks
  • 8.9 Summary
  • Chapter 9. Cyclic Population Changes and Some Related Events in Rock Ptarmigan in Iceland
  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 Study areas
  • 9.3 Methods
  • 9.4 Results and Discussion
  • 9.5 Summary
  • Chapter 10. Winter Survival and Breeding Strategies of Willow Ptarmigan
  • 10.1 Introduction10.2 Study area
  • 10.3 Methods
  • 10.4 Numbers, breeding success, and mortality
  • 10.5 The winter environment
  • 10.6 Ptarmigan survival strategies for the winter environment
  • 10.7 Spring spacing behavior and its effect on the population
  • 10.8 Conclusions
  • 10.9 Summary
  • Chapter 11. Demography of an Island Population of Willow Ptarmigan in Northern Norway
  • 11.1 Introduction
  • 11.2 Study area
  • 11.3 Materials and methods
  • 11.4 General features of population variations
  • 11.5 Annual variations in production

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