Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies
Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters
Date of this Version
2011
Document Type
Article
Citation
Grouse News 41-50 (2011-2015)
Published by the IUCN/SSC-WPA Galliformes Specialist Group
Editor: Tor Kristian Spidsö
Alternate title: Grouse News: Newsletter of the Grouse Graoup of the IUCN/SSC-WPA Galliformes Specialist Group
Abstract
Issue 41 (May 2011)
From the Editor
From the Chair
Conservation News Urgent measures for conservation of the Cantabrian capercaillie Tetrao urogallus cantabricus in its habitat in the Cantabrian mountain range
Research Reports
Effects of large-scale human land use on capercaillie Tetrao urogallus (L.) populations in Finland: A short summary of the PhD thesis
Why the capercaillie population Tetrao urogallus (L.) in the West Carpathians decline?
Hazel grouse in open landscapes
Investigating the importance of thermal refugia for white-tailed ptarmigan at the southern extent of their range
Is GPS and satellite telemetry an option for grouse research?
GPS satellite telemetry used on capercaillie Tetrao urogallus
Experiences of satellite tags on rock ptarmigans
Book Reviews
Tetraonidae and Phasianidae of the USSR: Ecology and Morphology
Conferences The 12th International Grouse Symposium postponed 1 year
Reminder: 29th Prairie Grouse Technical Council (PGTC) Meetings October 4-6, 2011
6th European Conference Black Grouse Endangered Species. First announcement
Recent grouse literature
Erratum: Error in the article on black grouse in issue 40
Snippets
The effect of climate change on grouse populations in Norway
Amazing species required
Issue 42 (November 2011)
From the Editor
From the Chair
News from the Galliformes Specialist Group
Conservation News
United States Fish and Wildlife Service lists Cantabrian capercaillie and five other foreign avian species under the Endangered Species Act
Research Reports Research on Russian grouse
Landscape connectivity modeling for sharp-tailed grouse and greater sage-grouse: An overview of current research in Washington State, USA
Notes on the Cantabrian capercaillie: winter roosting trees, historical distribution and lack of knowledge
Toxic scat: A mechanism to prevent overdosing on plant chemicals by grouse
Capercaillie lek within the city limit of St. Petersburg, Russia
Grouse-habitat relationships: Monitoring, scale, and management: A short summary of the PhD Thesis
Genetic differentiation of the Western capercaillie highlights the importance of southeastern Europe for understanding the species phylogeography
Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus L.), an endangered species due to disturbance and predation, can be named “the Rose of The Little Prince” in the southern edge of its distribution in Europe
Spatial use of capercaillie in the southern Vosges Mountains inferred from non-invasive genetic sampling
Landscape genetics and behavioral ecology of greater prairie-chickens (Tympanunchus cupido)
Recent grouse literature
Snippets
Pyrenean Network for the mountain Pyrenean galliforms: GALLIPYR Project
Desperately seeking stable, 50-year old landscapes with patches and long, wide corridors
12th International Grouse Symposium, Matsumoto, Japan, July 20-24, 2012
Jack Connelly receives Hamerstrom Award for his grouse work
BLM Developing New Sage-Grouse Conservation Strategy
Gateway West Transmission Line Project a Potential Threat to Sage Grouse
Article on the effect of wind farms on Cantabrian capercaillie
New update of The IUCN Red List
Issue 43 (May 2012)
From the Editor
From the Chair
News from the Galliformes Specialist Group IUCN SSC Chairs’ Meeting 2012
Conservation News
Advice on the conservation of the Dutch Black Grouse population, January 2012
Judge rejects challenge on sage-grouse listing
BLM Failed to Analyze Grazing Impacts to Sage-grouse, Judge rules
Research Reports GPS satellite telemetry: a promising tool for grouse research
Siberian Grouse in the Russian Far East: Data deficient?
Hybrid capercaillie in the basin of the Vilyui River
Protection, reproduction and reintroduction of capercaillie in the Forestry Wisła, Poland
Capercaillie, successional stage of forest and number of stems
New Books
Ecology & Management of Appalachian Ruffed Grouse (SD): Full Synopsis
Greater Sage-Grouse, Ecology and Conservation of a Landscape Species and Its Habitats
Save the Last Dance, a Story of North American Grassland Grouse
Conference Proceedings
Proceedings of the 11th International Grouse Symposium, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, 2008 28 Gyrfalcon and Ptarmigan Symposium Proceedings Available
Recent grouse literature
Snippets
The 12th International Grouse Symposium, Matsumoto, Japan, 20-24 July 2012
The 6th Black grouse Conference in Sweden 17-20/9 2012
Issue 44 (November 2012)
From the Editor
From the Chair
News from the Galliformes Specialist Group
Research Reports
Population dynamics of Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus on leks in Central Slovakia in the period 1981-2012
Partial recovery of capercaillie in French Jura Mountains
Territorial behaviour of the Mongolian Black-billed capercaillie Tetrao urogalloides stegmanni
Territorial behaviour limits spring numbers of Scottish ptarmigan in mild winters
Abstracts of recent theses and dissertations on sage-grouse and prairie-chickens.
Conferences Synopsis: 12th International Grouse Symposium, Matsumoto, Japan
The 6th International Black Grouse Conference, Gysinge, Sweden
Recent grouse literature
Snippets
Lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) Status
The 13th International Grouse Symposium in Iceland
The 7th International Black Grouse Conference in Russian Karelia
In memoriam: Tragic passing of Patrick Léonard
Issue 45 (May 2013)
From the Editor
From the Chair
Research Reports Greater Sage-Grouse Breeding Habitats: Landscape-based comparisons
Capercaillie monitoring on the national forest estate in Scotland: 2002 to 2012
Diet of Scottish rock ptarmigan
New European research project: Grouse and Wind power
Assumption and conditions of the Project LIFE11 NAT/PL/428. “Active protection of lowland populations of Capercaillie in the Bory Dolnośląskie Forest and Augustowska Primeval Forest”
Energy development and conservation of sympatric wildlife: New approaches to meet growing challenges.
Attwater’s prairie-chicken brood survival: The invertebrate and red imported fire ant connection
New Book
Points, sets and man 28 Recent grouse literature
Snippets
The 31st IUGB Congress in Brussels 2013
Issue 46 (November 2013)
From the Editor
From the Chair
News from the Galliformes Specialist Group
GSG Report 2013
Conservation News U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endorses Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-Wide Conservation Plan. October 23, 2013
Research Reports
Recent pilot study on sharp-tailed grouse summer habitat selection in interior Alaska
New Research
Spruce Grouse Habitat Use in Northern Michigan: Revisiting after 40 years
Distribution and landscape attributes of greater prairie-chickens and sharp-tailed grouse outside of their traditional range in South Dakota
Brood Habitat and Invertebrate Biomass of the Greater Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) in Northwestern Minnesota
Census and effective population size of the endangered Cantabrian capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) estimated from non-invasive samples
New Books
A passion for grouse. New book on ruffed grouse
Handbook of technical considerations for management of Pyrenean capercaillie habitats
Conferences
International wildlife professionals meet at Brussels’ 2013 IUGB Congress
The 32nd Congress of the International Union of Game Biologists 2015
The 7th International Black Grouse Conference
Recent grouse literature
Snippets
Old Cantabrian Capercaillie film saved from extinction...
Jan Van Haaften Wildlife Management Award, a new honour bestowed by IUGB
Wildlife Professor Honored for Lifetime Achievement
Prairie Grouse Technical Council
Issue 47 (May 2014)
From the Editor
From the Chair
News from the Galliformes Specialist Group
Conservation News In My Opinion: Conservation plans and the future of sage-grouse in Colorado, USA
Experts recommend limiting ravens, owls to save sage grouse from extinction
Comments to the Canadian Press article
Lesser Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) was federally-listed as Threatened in the USA
Research Reports A translocation experiment for improving the genetic diversity of an isolated population of Pyrenean rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta pyrenaica)
Aggressive encounters of Chinese Grouse Tetrastes sewerzowi in autumn at Lianhuashan natural reserve, Gansu, China
Non-invasive genetic monitoring of capercaillie in the wild: individual tracking and breeding success
Successful semen collection from wild capercaillie
Biology and conservation of the capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) in a Mediterranean environment
Greater Prairie-Chicken Thermal Habitat use in Heterogeneous Grasslands
Conferences
13th International grouse symposium, Iceland 2015. First announcement 35 7th International Black Grouse Conference, Pechoro-Ilych reserve, Russia, 24-29.05.2014. Third circular
IUCN World Parks Congress 2014: Newsletter & Registration Information
Recent grouse literature
Snippets
Capercaillie special issue of the German journal ‘Die Vogelwelt’
The first whole grouse genome is now sequenced and published
Long-extinct heath hen comes to life in archival film
Information on wind power sites in grouse habitats
Issue 48 (November 2014)
From the Editor
From the Chair
Conservation News United States Fish and Wildlife Service Protects Gunnison Sage-Grouse as Threatened Under Endangered Species Act
Situation of the hazel grouse Tetrastes bonasia in the National Park Šumava and in the Šumava Landscape Reserve: Activities of the Galliformes Specialist Group of IUCN
Research Reports Courtship and copulation behaviour in Caucasian black grouse Tetrao mlokosiewiczi: New findings
Preliminary introduction to Caucasian black grouse in Iran
Observing dust baths with camera traps: A non-invasive approach to gather data on breeding success of endangered grouse populations
Differences in behavior between populations of captive blue grouse
The Society of Tympanuchus Cupido Pinnatus Ltd. and Greater Prairie-Chicken research in the Sandhills of Nebraska
New Books
Gamekeeping: An Illustrated History
Grouse of the World 23 Conferences 13th International grouse symposium, Iceland 2015
The 7th International Black Grouse Conference
Prairie Grouse Technical Council meeting
Recent grouse literature
Snippets
The timeliest grouse hunting regulation in the world? Decisions on Finnish grouse hunting bags are now based on data “fresh from the oven”
Contribution de la bioacoustique au monitoring a long terme d’une population de gelinottes des bois Tetrastes bonasia
Issue 49 (May 2015)
From the Editor
From the Chair
Conservation News Successful Conservation Partnership Keeps Bi-State Sage-Grouse Off Endangered Species List
Research Reports
Upcoming rock ptarmigan research project in interior Alaska
Citizen science and field survey observations provide comparable results for mapping Vancouver Island white-tailed ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura saxatilis) distributions
A reconnaissance travel to the Okhotsk taiga in the Russian Far East
The mixed group and distribution overlap of some sister species in Xinjiang — is hybridization possible in these Galliformes?
Patch-burning to manage prairie-chicken habitat and rangeland fuels
Conferences 13th International grouse symposium ˗˗ Iceland 2015 21 Recent grouse literature
Snippets Dr. Siegfried Klaus received the Federal Cross of Merit
Lesser Prairie-Chicken Initiative has launched its website!
Management of sandhills rangelands for greater prairie-chicken
Issue 50 (November 2015)
From the Editor,
From the Chair
Conservation News The not-so-Green Way: Special conservation area in Turkey threatened by major road development
A brief update on the Sage-Grouse issues in North America
Research Reports
Global warming and grouse Tetraoninae population dynamics
The challenge of creating a large-scale capercaillie distribution map
Conferences The IUCN World Conservation Congress 2016
13th International Grouse Symposium in Reykjavik Iceland 2015
Abstracts from 13th IGS Oral presentations
Population ecology: Abstracts 401-423, 501-507
Health: Abstracts 508-514, 601
Poster presentations
Population ecology: Abstracts 519-529
Health: Abstracts 530-535
New Books
Estimation of Parameters for Animal Populations 56 Recent grouse literature
Snippets
A documentary about the Cantabrian capercaillie Tetrao urogallus cantabricus
Clait Braun receives Spirit of Defenders Science Award
SSC Chair, nominations of candidates
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