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Ecology, Conservation, and Management of Grouse

by Brett K. Sandercock (Editor), Kathy Martin (Editor), Gernot Segelbacher (Editor)
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Price: $99.95 / £84.00
Publication Date: Oct 2011
Edition: 1st Edition
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Rights: World
Pages: 376
ISBN: 9780520950573
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About the Book

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.

About the Author

Brett K. Sandercock is Associate Professor in the Division of Biology at Kansas State University. Kathy Martin is Professor in the Department of Forest Sciences and Director of the Centre for Alpine Studies at the University of British Columbia. Gernot Segelbacher is Lecturer at the University of Freiburg in Germany.

Table of Contents

Contributors

Preface
Brett K. Sandercock Kathy Martin and Gernot Segelbacher

1 • Spatial Ecology

Spatially Explicit Habitat Models For Prairie Grouse
Neal D. Niemuth

Hierarchical Modeling Of Lek Habitats Of Greater Prairie-Chickens /
Andrew J. Gregory Lance B. Mcnew Thomas J. Prebyl Brett K. Sandercock and Samantha M. Wisely

Estimating Lek Occurrence and Density For Sharp-Tailed Grouse /
Stephen Hamilton and Doug Manzer

Home Range Size and Movements Of Greater Prairie-Chickens /
Michael A. Patten Christin L. Pruett and Donald H. Wolfe

Impacts Of Anthropogenic Features on Habitat Use By Lesser Prairie-Chickens /
Christian A. Hagen James C. Pitman Thomas M. Loughin Brett K. Sandercock and
Robert J. Robel

Landscape Fragmentation and Non-Breeding Greater Sage-Grouse /
Jay F. Shepherd Kerry P. Reese and John W. Connelly

Natal Dispersal Affects Population Dynamics Of Hazel Grouse in Heterogeneous Landscapes /
Marc Montadert and Patrick Leonard

2 • Habitat Relationships

Nesting Success and Resource Selection Of Greater Sage-Grouse /
Nicholas W. Kaczor Kent C. Jensen Robert W. Klaver Mark A. Rumble Katie M.
Herman-Brunson and Christopher C. Swanson

Use Of Dwarf Sagebrush By Nesting Greater Sage-Grouse /
David. D. Musil


Modeling Nest and Brood Habitats Of Greater Sage-Grouse /
Jay F. Shepherd John W. Connelly and Kerry P. Reese

Linking Habitat Selection and Brood Success in Greater Sage-Grouse /
Michael L. Casazza Peter S. Coates and Cory T. Overton

Resource Selection During Brood-Rearing by Greater Sage-Grouse /
Nicholas W. Kaczor Katie M. Herman-Brunson Kent C. Jensen Mark A. Rumble
Robert W. Klaver and Christopher C. Swanson

Habitat Selection and Brood Survival Of Greater Prairie-Chickens /
Ty W. Matthews Andrew J. Tyre J. Scott Taylor Jeffrey J. Lusk and Larkin A.
Powell

3 • Population Biology

Testosterone Mediates Mating Success in Greater Prairie-Chickens /
Jacqueline K. Augustine Joshua J. Millspaugh and Brett K. Sandercock

Reproductive Biology of a Southern Population Of Greater Prairie-Chickens /
Lance B. Mcnew Andrew J. Gregory Samantha M. Wisely and Brett K. Sandercock

Regional Variation in Nesting Success of Lesser Prairie-Chickens /
Eddie K. Lyons Ryan S. Jones John P. Leonard Benjamin E. Toole Robert A.
Mccleery Roel R. Lopez Markus J. Peterson Stephen J. Demaso and Nova J. Silvy

Mechanisms Underlying Variation in Renesting Ability of Willow Ptarmigan /
Kathy Martin Scott Wilson and Susan J. Hannon

Chick Survival of Greater Prairie-Chickens /
Adam C. Schole Ty W. Matthews Larkin A. Powell Jeffrey J. Lusk and J. Scott
Taylor

Human-Mediated Selection on Life-History Traits of Greater Prairie-Chickens /
Lance B. Mcnew Andrew J. Gregory Samantha M. Wisely and Brett K. Sandercock

Demographic Traits of Two Alpine Populations of Rock Ptarmigan /
Claude Novoa Jean-François Desmet Jean-François Brenot Bertrand Muffat-Joly,
Marc Arvin-Berod Jean Resseguier and Bastien Tran

4 • Conservation and Management

Effects of Climate Change on Nutrition and Genetics of White-Tailed Ptarmigan /
Sara J. Oyler-Mccance Craig A. Stricker Judy St. John Clait E. Braun Gregory T.
Wann and Cameron L. Aldridge

Effects Of Translocation on Behavior of Island Ptarmigan /
Robb S. A. Kaler and Brett K. Sandercock

Hunting Lowers Population Size in Greater Sage-Grouse /
Robert M. Gibson Vernon C. Bleich Clinton W. Mccarthy and Terry L. Russi

Spatial-Temporal Variation in Survival Of Harvested Greater Sage-Grouse /
Benjamin S. Sedinger James S. Sedinger Shawn Espinosa Michael T. Atamian and
Erik J. Blomberg

Adaptive Harvest Management and Harvest Mortality Of Greater Prairie-Chickens /
Larkin A. Powell J. Scott Taylor Jeffrey J. Lusk and Ty W. Matthews

Reviews

"As this volume demonstrates, grouse remain ideal research subjects to explore a wide variety of topics important to ornithologists. I recommend this Volume to everyone interested in grouse or emerging techniques for examining processes that affect population biology. It is remarkably well organized and free of obvious errors.”
— Wilson Journal Of Ornithology
“Many grouse populations are in decline, and the conservation and management of these charismatic birds is becoming a global concern. [This] new volume summarizes current knowledge of grouse biology from field studies around the world.”
— Environment Canada
“Full of the detail.”
— Ibis
“The grouse of the northern hemisphere have been bellwether agents for population ecology and conservation. This book will help bring our knowledge of these birds together both to increase our ecological understanding of grouse and to improve our conservation efforts for these birds.”--Charles J. Krebs Professor Emeritus of Zoology University of British Columbia

"A marvelous feast of field studies especially for researchers working with dwindling and threatened populations focusing on habitat relationships and population biology. This book is a sumptuous meal for avian researchers.”--Paul Johnsgard Professor Emeritus University of Nebraska-Lincoln and author of Grassland Grouse and their Conservation

"This volume is exciting from the perspective of a grouse biologist but also from a more general ecological perspective. It provides an excellent synthesis of the ecology and conservation of these fascinating and beautiful inhabitants and their ecosystems which are as diverse as tundra forest and grassland."--Hans Christian Pedersen Professor and Senior Scientist Norwegian Institute for Nature Research.