Issue Number 3-4

129	Storch, I.: Preface

131	Klaus, S., Berger, D. & Huhn, J.: Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus decline and emissions from the iron industry - Proceedings

137	Ménoni, E.: Location and size of capercaillie Tetrao urogallus leks in relation to territories of hens - Proceedings

149	Storch, I.: Male territoriality, female range use, and spatial organisation of capercaillie Tetrao urogallus leks - Proceedings

163	Storaas, T. & Wegge, P.: Relationships between patterns of incubation and predation in sympatric capercaillie Tetrao urogallus and black grouse T. tetrix - Proceedings

169	Porkert, J., Solheim, R. & Flor, A.: Behaviour of hybrid male Tetrao tetrix males × T. urogallus females on black grouse leks - Proceedings

177	Caizergues, A. & Ellison, L.N.: Survival of black grouse Tetrao tetrix in the French Alps - Proceedings

187	Filacorda, S., Sepulcri, A., Piasentier, E. & de Franceschi, P.F.: Estimation of the chemical composition of black grouse Tetrao tetrix diets in the eastern Italian Alps - Proceedings

195	Marjakangas, A. & Törmälä, L.: Female age and breeding performance in a cyclic population of black grouse Tetrao tetrix - Proceedings

205	Spidsø, T.K., Hjeljord, O. & Dokk, J.G.: Seasonal mortality of black grouse Tetrao tetrix during a year with little snow - Proceedings

211	Carey, C. & Martin, K.: Physiological ecology of incubation of ptarmigan eggs at high and low altitudes - Proceedings

219	Wiebe, K.L. & Martin, K.: Effects of predation, body condition and temperature on incubation rhythms of white-tailed ptarmigan Lagopus leucurus - Proceedings

229	Connelly, J.W. & Braun, C.E.: Long-term changes in sage grouse Centrocercus urophasianus populations in western North America - Proceedings

235	Reese, K.P. & Connelly, J.W.: Translocations of sage grouse Centrocercus urophasianus in North America - Proceedings

243	Pekins, P.J., Gessaman, J.A. & Lindzey, F.G.: Microclimatic characteristics of blue grouse Dendragapus obscurus roost-sites: influence on energy expenditure - Proceedings

251	Drovetski, S.V.: Spring social organisation, habitat use, diet, and body mass dynamics of hazel grouse Bonasa bonasia in northeastern Asia - Proceedings

261	Fang, Y. & Sun, Y-H.: Brood movement and natal dispersal of hazel grouse Bonasa bonasia at Changbai Mountain, Jilin Province, China - Proceedings

265	Sun, Y-H. & Fang, Y.: Notes on the natural history and behaviour of the Chinese grouse Bonasa sewerzowi - Proceedings

269	Bagliacca, M., Valentini, A. & Cappuccio, I.: RAPD molecular markers to study populations of Black grouse Tetrao tetrix in the Alps - Abstracts

269	Schroeder, M.A.: Do sage grouse Centrocercus urophasianus exhibit metapopulations in northcentral Washington, USA? - Abstracts

270	Bland, J.M.: Biogeography and conservation of blue grouse Dendragapus obscurus in California - Abstracts

270	Kumpu, P., Helle, P. & Nikula, A.: Effects of landscape characteristics on the abundance of hazel grouse Bonasa bonasia in Finland - Abstracts

271	Crawford, J.A.: Importance of herbaceous vegetation to female sage grouse Centrocercus urophasianus during the reproductive period: a synthesis of research from Oregon, USA - Abstracts

271	Thirgood, S.J. & Redpath, S.M.: Can raptor predation limit or regulate grouse populations? II. Impact of predation on red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus - Abstracts

272	de Franceschi, P.F., Sepulcri, A., Filacorda, S. & Piasentier, E.: The dietary composition of black grouse Tetrao tetrix in the Italian Alps - Abstracts

272	Storch, I.: The role of the metapopulation concept in conservation of European woodland grouse - Abstracts

273	Dimmick, R.W., Sole, J.D., Hale, P.E. & Minser, W.G.: Response of ruffed grouse Bonasa umbellus to forest management in the southern Appalachian Mountains, USA - Abstracts

273	Miller, R.F. & Eddleman, L.L.: Temporal and spatial changes of sage grouse Centrocercus urophasianus habitat in the sagebrush ecosystem - Abstracts

274	Doan, M.A., Dimmick, R.W., Buehler, D.A. & Rennie, J.C.: Defining habitat quality for ruffed grouse Bonasa umbellus in the southern Appalachians using HSI models - Abstracts

274	Pelren, E.C. & Crawford, J.A.: Blue grouse Dendragapus obscurus recruitment and weather relationships in northeastern Oregon, USA - Abstracts

275	Higgins, L.A., Hill, J.A., Young, J.R. & Howard, R.D.: Female social behaviour on sage grouse Centrocercus urophasianus leks in the Gunnison Basin, Colorado, USA - Abstracts

275	Morrow, M.E., Griffin, C.P., Peterson, M.J. & Silvy, N.J.: Attwater's prairie-chicken Tympanuchus cupido attwateri - status, limiting factors and future - Abstracts

276	Young, J.R. & Minchella, D.J.: The role of genetics and behaviour in sage grouse Centrocercus urophasianus management and conservation - Abstracts

276	Weiss, H.: Isolation and decline of marginal capercaillie Tetrao urogallus subpopulations in the northern Black Forest - Abstracts

277	Ménoni, E., Landry, P. & Berducou, C.: Habitat fragmentation and viability of capercaillie Tetrao urogallus populations in the French Pyrenees - Abstracts

277	Baba, Y., Koike, H., Okayama, T. & Fujimaki, Y.: Mitochondrial DNA analysis using feathers of rock ptarmigan Lagopus mutus japonicus and hazel grouse Bonasa bonasia in Japan - Abstracts

278	Westerberg, A.E.: Seasonal diet of black grouse Tetrao tetrix in the moorlands of northern England - Abstracts

278	Apa, A.D., Reese, K.P. & Connelly, J.W.: An evaluation of nest placement theory using artificial and Columbian sharp-tailed grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus nests - Abstracts

279	Willebrand, T.: Modelling harvest of willow ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus in Sweden - Abstracts

279	Smith, A.A.: Dispersal and movements in a Swedish willow grouse Lagopus lagopus population - Abstracts

280	Baydack, R.K.: Habitat management for sharp-tailed grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus on private lands in Manitoba, Canada - Abstracts

280	Rätti, O.: The dynamics of blood parasite infections in black grouse Tetrao tetrix in Finland - Abstracts

281	Bendell, J.F.: Predation and change in weight of chicken eggs in forests with different densities of spruce Dendragapus canadensis and ruffed grouse Bonasa umbellus - Abstracts

281	Fujimaki, Y., Miyazawa, Y. & Sasaoka, K.: Intake of buds and catkins by captive hazel grouse Bonasa bonasiawinter - Abstracts

282	Boyce, M.S.: Importance of grouse research in ecology and conservation biology - Abstracts

282	Oyler, S.J., Braun, C.E. & Burnham, K.P.: Use of a habitat-based model to predict sage grouse Centrocercus urophasianus occupancy of patches in southwestern Colorado - Abstracts

283	Commons, M.L., Baydack, R.K. & Braun, C.E.: Gunnison sage grouse Centrocercus minimus use of fragmented habitats in southwestern Colorado - Abstracts

283	Hoffman, R.W. & Beauprez, G.M.: Reintroduction of greater prairie-chickens Tympanuchus cupido in northeastern Colorado - Abstracts

284	Deibert, P.A.W. & Boyce, M.S.: Heritable resistance to malaria and the evolution of lek behaviour in sage grouse Centrocercus urophasianus - Abstracts

284	Keppie, D.M.: Fragmentation of spruce grouse Dendragapus canadensis habitat: a synthesis of the present and direction for the future - Abstracts

285	Dessecker, D.R.: Ecological implications of social constraints on resource management: the ruffed grouse Bonasa umbellus example - Abstracts

285	Merker, C.R.: Captive rearing and release of Columbian sharp-tailed grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus - Abstracts

286	Eddy, T.A.: Effects of range condition on habitat use by greater prairie-chickens Tympanuchus cupido - Abstracts

286	Giesen, K.M. & Kobriger, G.D.: Status and management of sharp-tailed grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus in North America - Abstracts

287	Fang, Y. & Sun, Y-H.: Capturing techniques for the Chinese grouse Bonasa sewerzowi - Abstracts

287	Harrison, S., Chatterson, B. & Paul, D.: Landscape connectivity and its effect on the ecological processes of spruce grouse Dendragapus canadensis populations - Abstracts

288	Griffin, C.P., Morrow, M.E. & Silvy, N.J.: Insects as a possible limiting factor for Attwater's prairie-chicken Tympanushus cupido attwateri - Abstracts

288	Redpath, S.M. & Thirgood, S.J.: Can raptor predation limit or regulate grouse populations? I. Functional and numerical response of raptors - Abstracts

289	Kämpfer-Lauenstein, A.: Habitat selection of hazel grouse Bonasa bonasia and natural dynamics in different central European woodland associations - Abstracts

289	Remington, T.E. & Hoffman, R.W.: Costs of detoxification of xenobiotics in conifer needles to blue grouse Dendragapus obscurus - Abstracts

290	Drew, M.L., Wigle, W.L., Graham, D.L., Griffin, C.P., Silvy, N.J., Fadly, A. & Witter, R.: Reticuloendotheliosis in captive greater Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus and Attwater's prairie-chickens T. c. attwateri - Abstracts

290	Sun, Y-H.: Winter flocking behaviour of Chinese grouse Bonasa sewerzowi - Abstracts

291	Quinn, T.W., Kahn, N.W., Young, J.R., Benedict, N.G., Wood, S., Mata, D. & Braun, C.E.: Probing the evolutionary history of sage grouse Centrocercus urophasianus populations using mitochondrial DNA sequence - Abstracts

291	Viht, E.: Forest characteristics of capercaillie Tetrao urogallus display grounds and their surroundings in Estonia - Abstracts

292	Robertson, P.A. & Hudson, P.J.: Patterns of density dependence within and between populations of red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus in Britain - Abstracts

292	Small, R.J., Rusch, D.H. & Cary, J.R.: Population dynamics of ruffed grouse Bonasa umbellus in the fragmented forests of central Wisconsin, USA - Abstracts

293	Rolstad, J., Wegge, P. & Gjerde, I.: Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus leks in fragmented forests: a 17-year study of the Varaldskogen population, southeastern Norway - Abstracts

293	Viht, E.: Protection of the capercaillie Tetrao urogallus in Estonia - Abstracts

294	Mäkinen, T., Pyörnilä, A., Putaala, A. & Hissa, R.: Effects of captive rearing on capercaillie Tetrao urogallus physiology and anatomy - Abstracts

294	Gao, W., Gao, Z., Lu, C. & Li, X.: Distribution and status of grouse in China - Abstracts

295	Kurki, S., Nikula, A., Helle, P. & Lindén, H.: Landscape-dependent breeding success of forest grouse in Fennoscandia - Abstracts

295	Martin, K., Stacey, P.B. & Braun, C.E.: Demographic rescue and maintenance of population stability in grouse - beyond metapopulations - Abstracts

303	INDEX of WILDLIFE BIOLOGY, vol. 3, 1997