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Blue grouse : their biology and natural history / Fred C. Zwickel, James F. Bendell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zwickel, F. C.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Blue grouse.
- Blue grouse--Behavior.
- Blue grouse--Ecology--North America.
- Blue grouse--North America--Geographical distribution.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (297 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ottawa : NRC Research Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This monograph is about blue grouse (Dendragapus obscurus). Designed as a reference work, it documents and reviews much of what is known about the biology and natural history of this bird. It is based primarily on our published and unpublished long-term studies in British Columbia and elsewhere, and on the studies of others in various parts of the bird's range.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Abstract/Résumé; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 Blue Grouse Among the Tetraonines; CHAPTER 2 Our Approach; CHAPTER 3 Principal Studies and Study Areas; CHAPTER 4 Taxonomy and Distribution; CHAPTER 5 Evolution; CHAPTER 6 Historical Review; CHAPTER 7 The Physical Environment; CHAPTER 8 Integument; CHAPTER 9 Morphology; CHAPTER 10 Reproduction; CHAPTER 11 Growth and Development; CHAPTER 12 Food, Nutrition, Water, Grit, and Excretion; CHAPTER 13 Energetics; CHAPTER 14 Genetics; CHAPTER 15 Behaviour per se; CHAPTER 16 Use of Habitat; CHAPTER 17 Movements and Use of Space
- CHAPTER 18 Population ParametersCHAPTER 19 Predators; CHAPTER 20 Disease, Parasites, and Physical Anomalies; Postscript; References; Appendix 1. Statistical Tests; Appendix 2. Annotated List of Physical Anomalies; Glossary
- Notes:
- Issued by: National Research Council Canada.
- "A publication of the National Research Council of Canada Monograph Publishing Program."
- "NRC No. 46330"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (251-262) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-45218-8
- 9786610452187
- 0-660-19272-1
- OCLC:
- 57378789
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