Contents -- Authors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Population Studies -- FOREST GROUSE -- Chapter 1. A Relation between Aggressive Behavior and Population Dynamics in Blue Grouse -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Study areas and methodology -- 1.3 Demographic findings -- 1.4 Behavioral findings -- 1.5 Discussion -- 1.6 Summary -- Chapter 2. Demography and Behavior of Insular Blue Grouse Populations -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Description of study areas -- 2.3 Methods -- 2.4 Demography -- 2.5 Behavior -- 2.6 Discussion -- 2.7 Summary -- Chapter 3. Demography and Behavior of Ruffed Grouse in British Columbia -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Study area and methods -- 3.3 Demographic Findings -- 3.4 Aggressiveness and approachability of birds -- 3.5 Discussion -- 3.6 Summary -- Chapter 4. Winter Arboreal Feeding Behavior of Ruffed Grouse in East-Central Minnesota -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Study area and methods -- 4.3 Results and discussion -- 4.4 Conclusions -- 4.5 Summary -- STEPPE GROUSE -- Chapter 5. Spatial Patterns, Movements, and Cover Selection by Sharp-tailed Grouse -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Study area -- 5.3 Methods -- 5.4 Results -- 5.5 Discussion -- 5.6 Summary -- Chapter 6. Reproductive Ecology of Female Greater Prairie Chickens in Minnesota -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Study area -- 6.3 Methods -- 6.4 Results -- 6.5 Discussion -- 6.6 Summary -- Chapter 7. Mate Choice by Female Sage Grouse -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Study area and methods -- 7.3 Territorial establishment and mating success -- 7.4 Hen selection of mating centers or cocks -- 7.5 Discussion -- 7.6 Summary -- TUNDRA GROUSE -- Chapter 8. Behavior of White-tailed Ptarmigan during the Breeding Season -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Study areas -- 8.3 Methods -- 8.4 Early territorial behavior -- 8.5 Territories and territorial maintenance -- 8.6 Pair bonds -- 8.7 The brood period.

8.8 Male postbreeding flocks -- 8.9 Summary -- Chapter 9. Cyclic Population Changes and Some Related Events in Rock Ptarmigan in Iceland -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Study areas -- 9.3 Methods -- 9.4 Results and Discussion -- 9.5 Summary -- Chapter 10. Winter Survival and Breeding Strategies of Willow Ptarmigan -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Study area -- 10.3 Methods -- 10.4 Numbers, breeding success, and mortality -- 10.5 The winter environment -- 10.6 Ptarmigan survival strategies for the winter environment -- 10.7 Spring spacing behavior and its effect on the population -- 10.8 Conclusions -- 10.9 Summary -- Chapter 11. Demography of an Island Population of Willow Ptarmigan in Northern Norway -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Study area -- 11.3 Materials and methods -- 11.4 General features of population variations -- 11.5 Annual variations in production -- 11.6 Hypotheses to explain changes in production -- 11.7 Hypotheses to explain changes in breeding numbers -- 11.8 Summary -- 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.