Adaptive strategies and population ecology of northern grouse . Volume 2 Theory and synthesis / / Arthur T. Bergerud and Michael W. Gratson, editors

• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1988
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (407 p.)
• Disciplina: 598/.616
• Soggetto topico: Grouse; Bird populations; Adaptation (Biology)
• Altri autori: BergerudA. T GratsonMichael W
• Note generali: A Wildlife Management Institute-sponsored book."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographies and index.
• 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""
• Titolo autorizzato: Adaptive strategies and population ecology of northern grouse
• ISBN: 0-8166-8236-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810713403321
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