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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sandercock, Brett K. (Brett Kevin), 1966-

Martin, Kathy (Katherine), 1949-

Segelbacher, Gernot.

Series:

Studies in avian biology ; no. 39.

Studies in avian biology ; no. 39

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grouse--Ecology.

Grouse.

Grouse--Conservation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Grouse-an ecologically important group of birds that include capercaillie, prairie chickens, and ptarmigan-are distributed throughout the forests, grasslands, and tundra of Europe, Asia, and North America. Today, many grouse populations are in decline, and the conservation and management of these charismatic birds is becoming a global concern. This volume summarizes current knowledge of grouse biology in 25 chapters contributed by 80 researchers from field studies around the world. Organized in four sections-Spatial Ecology, Habitat Relationships, Population Biology, and Conservation and Management-the chapters offer important 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. The chapters explore topics including the impacts of climate change, energy development, and harvest, and give new evidence for life-history changes in response to human activities.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Contributors

Preface

Chapter One. Spatially Explicit Habitat Models for Prairie Grouse

Chapter Two. Hierarchical Modeling of Lek Habitats of Greater Prairie-Chickens

Chapter Three. Estimating Lek Occurrence and Density for Sharp-tailed Grouse

Chapter Four. Home Range Size and Movements of Greater Prairie-Chickens

Chapter Five. Impacts of Anthropogenic Features on Habitat Use by Lesser Prairie-Chickens

Chapter Six. Landscape Fragmentation and Non-breeding Greater Sage-Grouse

Chapter Seven. Natal Dispersal Affects Population Dynamics of Hazel Grouse in Heterogeneous Landscapes

Chapter Eight. Nesting Success and Resource Selection of Greater Sage-Grouse

Chapter Nine. Use of Dwarf Sagebrush by Nesting Greater Sage-Grouse

Chapter Ten. Modeling Nest and Brood Habitats of Greater Sage-Grouse

Chapter Eleven. Linking Habitat Selection and Brood Success in Greater Sage-Grouse

Chapter Twelve. Resource Selection During Brood-Rearing by Greater Sage-Grouse

Chapter Thirteen. Habitat Selection and Brood Survival of Greater Prairie-Chickens

Chapter Fourteen. Testosterone Mediates Mating Success in Greater Prairie-Chickens

Chapter Fifteen. Reproductive Biology of a Southern Population of Greater Prairie-Chickens

Chapter Sixteen. Regional Variation in Nesting Success of Lesser Prairie-Chickens

Chapter Seventeen. Mechanisms Underlying Variation in Renesting Ability of Willow Ptarmigan

Chapter Eighteen. Chick Survival of Greater Prairie-Chickens

Chapter Nineteen. Human-Mediated Selection on Life-History Traits of Greater Prairie-Chickens

Chapter Twenty. Demographic Traits of Two Alpine Populations of Rock Ptarmigan

Chapter Twenty-One. Effects of Climate Change on Nutrition and Genetics of White-tailed Ptarmigan

Chapter Twenty-Two. Effects of Translocation on the Behavior of Island Ptarmigan

Chapter Twenty-Three. Hunting Lowers Population Size in Greater Sage-Grouse

Chapter Twenty-Four. Spatial-Temporal Variation in Survival of Harvested Greater Sage-Grouse

Chapter Twenty-Five. Adaptive Harvest Management and Harvest Mortality of Greater Prairie-Chickens

Index

Studies in Avian Biology

Notes:

"A publication of the Cooper Ornithological Society."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613320766

9781283320764

1283320762

9780520950573

0520950577

OCLC:

760886391