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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456414503321

Autore

Bergerud Arthur T

Titolo

Adaptive Strategies and Population Ecology of Northern Grouse, Volume 2 [[electronic resource] ] : Theory and Synthesis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 1988

ISBN

0-8166-8236-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (407 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GratsonMichael W

Disciplina

598/.616

Soggetti

Adaptation (Biology)

Bird populations

Grouse

Zoology

Health & Biological Sciences

Vertebrates

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Part II: Theory and Synthesis""; ""Chapter 12. A Genetic Explanation for Ten-year Cycles of Grouse""; ""12.1 Introduction""; ""12.2 Defining the assumptions""; ""12.3 The model""; ""12.4 Parameters of the simulation""; ""12.5 Realism of the assumptions""; ""12.6 Results""; ""12.7 Conclusions""; ""12.8 Summary""; ""Chapter 13. Mating Systems in Grouse""; ""13.1 Introduction""; ""13.2 The monogamy model""; ""13.3 Female choice in the model""; ""13.4 Food shortage and monogamy""; ""13.5 The female view of the pair bond""; ""13.6 The male view of the pair bond""

""13.7 Dispersed polygyny""""13.8 Clumped polygyny""; ""13.9 Summary""; ""Chapter 14. Survival and Breeding Strategies of Grouse""; ""14.1 Introduction""; ""14.2 Male advertising strategies""; ""14.3 Advertising tactics of yearling males""; ""14.4 Female nesting strategies""; ""14.5 The strategy of selecting a male for breeding""; ""14.6 The strategy of improving chick survival""; ""14.7 Brood disbandment and migration""; ""14.8 Strategies for winter survival""; ""14.9 Polymorphic spacing strategy""; ""14.10 Summary""; ""Chapter



15. Population Ecology of North American Grouse""

""15.1 Introduction""""15.2 Percentage of hens nesting""; ""15.3 Clutch size in grouse""; ""15.4 Nesting success""; ""15.5 Mortality of chicks""; ""15.6 Mortality of juveniles and adults""; ""15.7 Theories of population change""; ""15.8 The 10-year cycle in grouse""; ""15.9 Limitation of breeding numbers""; ""15.10 Summary""; ""Chapter 16. Increasing the Numbers of Grouse""; ""16.1 Introduction""; ""16.2 Mechanisms of density""; ""16.3 Control of hunting""; ""16.4 Control of food""; ""16.5 Control of cover""; ""16.6 Predator control""; ""16.7 Control of space""; ""16.8 Successful management""

""16.9 Summary""""References""; ""Index""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""L""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""W""