Dispersion and mobility in a local population of spruce grouse (Canachites canadensis franklinii) / Patrick W. Herzog
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TextPublication details: Edmonton, AB : University of Alberta, 1977.Description: ix 98 leaves : ill. ; 29 cmOnline resources: Abstract: An intensive study of movements and the resulting spacing in a local population of Franklin's spruce grouse (Canachites canadensis franklinii) was conducted in southwestern Alberta from April through September 1974 and February through November 1975. Movements were monitored using radio-telemetry. Major emphasis was placed on the female cohort of the population in an attempt to relate the dispersion of residents to spring dispersal of juveniles. Those adults and juveniles of both sexes that successfully entered the spring resident population occupied units of habitat that were exclusive of other reproductively active individuals. Territorial males were aggregated in blocks of habitat; they formed a central group with territorial females and non-territorial juvenile males occupying peripheral areas. Areas occupied by females were exclusive of other territorial females and the central males, but were overlaped by non-territorial juvenile males in some instances. Throughout the year dail
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Thesis(M.Sc.)--University of Alberta, 1977.
An intensive study of movements and the resulting spacing in a local population of Franklin's spruce grouse (Canachites canadensis franklinii) was conducted in southwestern Alberta from April through September 1974 and February through November 1975. Movements were monitored using radio-telemetry. Major emphasis was placed on the female cohort of the population in an attempt to relate the dispersion of residents to spring dispersal of juveniles. Those adults and juveniles of both sexes that successfully entered the spring resident population occupied units of habitat that were exclusive of other reproductively active individuals. Territorial males were aggregated in blocks of habitat; they formed a central group with territorial females and non-territorial juvenile males occupying peripheral areas. Areas occupied by females were exclusive of other territorial females and the central males, but were overlaped by non-territorial juvenile males in some instances. Throughout the year dail