Table of Contents

Contributors 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. Lusk, and Ty W. Matthews

About the Author

Brett K. Sandercock is Associate Professor in the Division of Biology at Kansas State University. Kathy Martin is Professor in the Department of Forest Sciences and Director of the Centre for Alpine Studies at the University of British Columbia. Gernot Segelbacher is Lecturer at the University of Freiburg in Germany.

Reviews

"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