Title Ecology, conservation, and management of grouse / Brett K. Sandercock, Kathy Martin, and Gernot Segelbacher, editors

Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 356 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Studies in avian biology ; no. 39 Studies in avian biology ; no. 39 Contents Spatially Explicit Habitat Models for Prairie Grouse -- Hierarchical Modeling of Lek Habitats of Greater Prairie-Chickens -- Estimating Lek Occurrence and Density for Sharp-tailed Grouse -- Home Range Size and Movements of Greater Prairie-Chickens -- Impacts of Anthropogenic Features on Habitat Use by Lesser Prairie-Chickens -- Landscape Fragmentation and Non-breeding Greater Sage-Grouse -- Natal Dispersal Affects Population Dynamics of Hazel Grouse in Heterogeneous Landscapes -- Nesting Success and Resource Selection of Greater Sage-Grouse -- Use of Dwarf Sagebrush by Nesting Greater Sage-Grouse -- Modeling Nest and Brood Habitats of Greater Sage-Grouse -- Linking Habitat Selection and Brood Success in Greater Sage-Grouse -- Resource Selection During Brood-Rearing by Greater Sage-Grouse -- Habitat Selection and Brood Survival of Greater Prairie-Chickens -- Testosterone Mediates Mating Success in Greater Prairie-Chickens -- Reproductive Biology of a Southern Population of Greater Prairie-Chickens -- Regional Variation in Nesting Success of Lesser Prairie-Chickens -- Mechanisms Underlying Variation in Renesting Ability of Willow Ptarmigan -- Chick Survival of Greater Prairie-Chickens -- Human-Mediated Selection on Life-History Traits of Greater Prairie-Chickens -- Demographic Traits of Two Alpine Populations of Rock Ptarmigan -- Effects of Climate Change on Nutrition and Genetics of White-tailed Ptarmigan -- Effects of Translocation on the Behavior of Island Ptarmigan -- Hunting Lowers Population Size in Greater Sage-Grouse -- Spatial-Temporal Variation in Survival of Harvested Greater Sage-Grouse -- Adaptive Harvest Management and Harvest Mortality of Greater Prairie-Chickens Summary Summarizing current knowledge of grouse biology, this volume is organized in four sections--spatial ecology, habitat relationships, population biology, and conservation and management--and offers insights into spatial requirements, movements, and demography of grouse. Much of the research employs emerging tools in ecology that span biogeochemistry, molecular genetics, endocrinology, radio-telemetry, and remote sensing.--Adapted from publisher description on back cover Notes "A publication of the Cooper Ornithological Society." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Grouse -- Ecology Grouse -- Conservation Grouse -- Habitat Wildlife management. NATURE -- Animals -- Birds. NATURE -- Birdwatching Guides. SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Ornithology. Grouse -- Ecology Grouse -- Habitat Wildlife management Form Electronic book Author Sandercock, Brett K. (Brett Kevin), 1966- Martin, Kathy (Katherine), 1949- Segelbacher, Gernot LC no. 2011020262 ISBN 9780520950573 0520950577 1283320762 9781283320764 9786613320766 6613320765

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