Inter-specific aggression between red grouse, ptarmigan and pheasant
Fights or other aggressive encounters between grouse species or between grouse and pheasants have seldom been recorded. Below, I describe some encounters between red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus and ptarmigan Lagopus muta, and between red grouse and pheasants Phasianus colchicus. They throw light...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/15685/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/15685/1/N015685.pdf http://www.blackgrouse.info/advice/publications/GROUSE%20NEWS%2038.pdf |
| Summary: | Fights or other aggressive encounters between grouse species or between grouse and pheasants have seldom been recorded. Below, I describe some encounters between red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus and ptarmigan Lagopus muta, and between red grouse and pheasants Phasianus colchicus. They throw light on inter-specific behaviour in relation to habitat. |
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