03340nam 2200697Ia 450 991045767150332120200520144314.01-280-45218-897866104521870-660-19272-1(CKB)1000000000351614(EBL)227055(OCoLC)57378789(SSID)ssj0000113354(PQKBManifestationID)11146072(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113354(PQKBWorkID)10099207(PQKB)11153145(MiAaPQ)EBC227055(CaPaEBR)404686(CaBNvSL)gtp00520913(Au-PeEL)EBL227055(CaPaEBR)ebr10104101(EXLCZ)99100000000035161420040326d2004 ua 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBlue grouse[electronic resource] their biology and natural history /Fred C. Zwickel, James F. BendellOttawa NRC Research Press20041 online resource (297 p.)"A publication of the National Research Council of Canada Monograph Publishing Program.""NRC No. 46330"--T.p. verso.0-660-19271-3 Includes bibliographical references (251-262) and index.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 SpaceCHAPTER 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; GlossaryThis 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 It is based primarily on our published and unpublished long-term studies in British Columbia and elsewhere, and on the studies of others in various parts of the bird's range.Blue grouseBlue grouseBehaviorBlue grouseEcologyNorth AmericaBlue grouseNorth AmericaGeographical distributionElectronic books.Blue grouse.Blue grouseBehavior.Blue grouseEcologyBlue grouseGeographical distribution.598.63Zwickel F. C939765Bendell James F939766National Research Council Canada.National Research Council Canada.Monograph Publishing Program.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457671503321Blue grouse2118815UNINA