Ecology, Conservation, and Management of Grouse: Published for the Cooper Ornithological Society Book

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-François Desmet, Jean-François 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