CONTENTS 



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FOREWORD by Perry B. Duryea, Conservation Commissioner vii 



PREFACE by Gardiner Bump xxxi 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxxvi 



PART I. THE RUFFED GROUSE — ITS BACKGROUND. BASIC 

 BIOLOGY AND ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE 



Chapter 



I The Ruffed Grouse in the March of Time by Gardiner Bump 1 



II The Species: its Taxonomy, Range, Biology, and Economic Importance by 

 Robert W. Darrow and Gardiner Bump, with individual sections by Fred 

 Everett, David E. Davis, John E. Trainer. William H. Long, A. L. Roman- 

 off, Earl R. Holm, and Walter F. Crissey 35 



PART II. THE FACTORS THAT AFFECT ABUNDANCE 



III Cover Characteristics and Shelter Requirements by Gardiner Bump 105 



IV Food Habits and Requirements by Gardiner Bump and John C. Jones 181 

 V General Habits by Robert W. Darrow 247 



VI Influence of Weather by Walter F. Crissey 299 



VII Predation by Robert W. Darrow 307 



VIII Reproductive Capacity of the Species by Frank C. Edminster and Walter F. 



C^rissey 353 



IX Influence of Man by Frank C. Edminster, with a section by J. Victor Skiff 369 



X Parasitism and Disease by Philip P. Levine and Frans C. Goble 401 



XI Artificial Propagation by Gardiner Bump 443 



XII Productivity of Grouse Populations by Robert W. Darrow 511 



XIII Fluctuations in Grouse Abundance by Robert W. Darrow 555 



PART III. MANAGING THE GROUSE CROP 



Grouse Management by Gardiner Bump 581 



XIV Managing Grouse Areas by Gardiner Bump 585 



XV Designing Grouse Coverts and Setting Up Management Plans by Gardiner 



Bump 



XVI Improving and Maintaining Grouse Coverts by Gardiner Bump and Frank 



C. Edminster 637 



XVII The Maintenance of a Grouse Crop by Gardiner Bump, Robert W. Darrow 



and Frank C. Edminster 66/ 



XVIII Coordinating Grouse Production With Other Primary Land Uses by 



Frank C. Edminster 681 



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