03349nam 2200709Ia 450 991082000240332120240410070714.01-280-45218-897866104521870-660-19272-1(CKB)1000000000351614(EBL)227055(OCoLC)57378789(SSID)ssj0000113354(PQKBManifestationID)11146072(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113354(PQKBWorkID)10099207(PQKB)11153145(CaPaEBR)404686(CaBNvSL)gtp00520913(Au-PeEL)EBL227055(CaPaEBR)ebr10104101(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/svhvtn(MiAaPQ)EBC227055(EXLCZ)99100000000035161420040326d2004 ua 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBlue grouse their biology and natural history /Fred C. Zwickel, James F. Bendell1st ed.Ottawa 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 It is based primarily on our published and unpublished long-term studies in British Columbia and elsewhere, and on the studies of others in various parts of the bird's range.Blue grouseBlue grouseBehaviorBlue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 distributionBlue grouse.Blue grouseBehavior.Blue grouseEcologyBlue grouseGeographical distribution.598.63Zwickel F. C1688833Bendell James F1688834National Research Council Canada.National Research Council Canada.Monograph Publishing Program.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820002403321Blue grouse4063383UNINA