{"product_id":"ecology-conservation-and-management-of-grouse-9780520270060","title":"Ecology Conservation and Management of Grouse","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrouse - 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. This title summarizes knowledge of grouse biology in 25 chapters contributed by 80 researchers from field studies around the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As this volume demonstrates, grouse remain ideal research subjects to explore a wide variety of topics important to ornithologists.\" Wilson Journal Of Ornithology \"[This] new volume summarizes current knowledge of grouse biology from field studies around the world.\" Environment Canada \"Full of the detail.\" -- G. R. Potts Ibis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors  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-Francois Desmet, Jean-Francois 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. 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