Demography of a reintroduced population of Evermann's Rock Ptarmigan in the Aleutian Islands

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Kaler, Robb S A ^a   Ebbert, Steve E ^b   Braun, Clait E ^c   Sandercock, Brett K ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^c Grouse Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858009128     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/08-099.1     Document Type: Article

References (76)

1. ARMSTRONG, D. P., I. CASTRO, AND R. GRIFFITHS. 2007. Using adaptive management to determine requirements of re-introduced populations: the case of the New Zealand Hihi. Journal of Applied Ecology 44:953-962. (Pubitemid 47352888)
2. ARMSTRONG, D. P., I. CASTRO, J. C. ALLEY, B. FEENSTRA, AND J. K. PERROTT. 1999. Mortality and behaviour of Hihi, an endangered New Zealand honeyeater, in the establishment phase following translocation. Biological Conservation 89:329-339. (Pubitemid 29188210)
3. ARMSTRONG, D. P., R. S. DAVIDSON, W. J. DIMOND, J. K. PERROTT, I. CASTRO, J. G. EWEN, R. GRIFFITHS, AND J. TAYLOR. 2002. Population dynamics of reintroduced forest birds on New Zealand islands. Journal of Biogeography 29:609-621. (Pubitemid 34829463)
4. ATWOOD, J. L., M. J. ELPERS, AND C. T. COLLINS. 1990. Survival of breeders in Santa Cruz Island and mainland California Scrub Jay populations. Condor 92:783-788.
5. AULIE, A. 1976. The pectoral muscles and the development of thermoregulation in chicks of Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 53:343-346.
6. BAILEY, E. 1993. Introduction of foxes to Alaskan Islands: history, effects on avifauna, and eradication. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication 191. Anchorage, Alaska, USA.
7. BAXTER, R. J., J. T. FLINDERS, AND D. L. MITCHELL. 2008. Survival, movements, and reproduction of translocated Greater Sage-Grouse in Strawberry Valley, Utah. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:179-186. (Pubitemid 351171962)
8. BLONDEL, J. 1985. Breeding strategies of the Blue Tit and Coal Tit (Parus) in mainland and island Mediterranean habitats: a comparison. Journal of Animal Ecology 54:531-556. (Pubitemid 16278737)
9. BLONDEL, J. 2000. Evolution and ecology of birds on islands: trends and prospects. Vie et Milieu-Life and Environment 50:205-220. (Pubitemid 32333883)
10. BLONDEL, J., R. PRADEL, AND J.-D. LEBRETON. 1992. Low fecundity insular Blue Tits do not survive better as adults than high fecundity mainland ones. Journal of Animal Ecology 61:205-213.
11. BRAUN, C. E., D. H. NISH, AND K. M. GIESEN. 1978. Release and establishment of White-tailed Ptarmigan in Utah. Southwest Naturalist 23:661-668.
12. BRISKIE, J. V. AND M. MACKINTOSH. 2004. Hatching failure increases with severity of population bottlenecks in birds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America 101:558-561. (Pubitemid 38084675)
13. BRODSKY, L. M. 1986. Correlates and consequences of the mating tactics of male Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus). Dissertation. Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
14. BRODSKY, L. M. 1988. Mating tactics of male Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus mutus: a conditional mating strategy. Animal Behaviour 36:335-342.
15. BURNHAM, K. P. AND D. R. ANDERSON. 1998. Model selection and inference: a practical information-theoretic approach. Springer-Verlag, New York, USA.
16. BYRD, G. V., E. P. BAILEY, AND W. STAHL. 1997. Restoration of island populations of Black Oyster-catchers and Pigeon Guillemots by removing introduced foxes. Colonial Waterbirds 20:253-260.
17. CLARKE, J. A. AND R. E. JOHNSON. 1990. Biogeography of White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucurus): implications from an introduced population in the Sierra Nevada. Journal of Biogeography 17:649-656.
18. CLOUT, M. N. AND J. L. CRAIG. 1995. The conservation of critically endangered flightless birds in New Zealand. Ibis 137 (Supplement): S181-S190.
19. COATES, P. S., S. J. STIVER, AND D. J. DELEHANTY. 2006. Using Sharp-tailed Grouse movement patterns to guide release-site selection. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34:1376-1382. (Pubitemid 46213321)
20. COTTER, R. C. 1991. Population attributes and reproductive biology of Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) in the central Canadian arctic. Thesis. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
21. COTTER, R. C. 1999. The reproductive biology of Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) in the central Canadian arctic. Arctic 52:23-32. (Pubitemid 29163400)
22. COTTER, R. C., D. A. BOAG, AND C. C. SHANK. 1992. Raptor predation on Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) in the central Canadian arctic. Journal of Raptor Research 26:146-151.
23. DIMOND, W. J. AND D. P. ARMSTRONG. 2007. Adaptive harvesting of source populations for translocation: a case study with New Zealand Robins. Conservation Biology 21:114-124.
24. DINSMORE, S. J, G. C. WHITE, AND F. L. KNOPF. 2002. Advanced techniques for modeling avian nest survival. Ecology 83:3476-3488. (Pubitemid 36524662)
25. EBBERT, S. E. AND G. V. BYRD. 2002. Eradications of invasive species to restore natural biological diversity on Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. Pages 102-109 in Turning the tide: the eradication of invasive species (C. R. Veitch and M. N. Clout, Editors). IUCN Invasive Species Specialist Group, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, United Kingdom.
26. EMISON, W. B. AND C. M. WHITE. 1988. Foods and weights of the Rock Ptarmigan on Amchitka, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Great Basin Naturalist 48:533-540.
27. EWEN, J. G. AND D. P. ARMSTRONG. 2007. Strategic monitoring of reintroductions in ecological restoration programmes. Ecoscience 14:401-409. (Pubitemid 351166685)
28. GARDARSSON, A. 1988. Cyclic population changes and some related events in Rock Ptarmigan in Iceland. Pages 300-329 in Adaptive strategies and population ecology of northern grouse (A. T. Bergerud and M. W. Gratson, Editors). University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, USA.
29. GIBSON, D. D. AND G. V. BYRD. 2007. Birds of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Nuttall Ornithological Club and The American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C., USA.
30. GOTELLI, N. J. AND A. M. ELLISON. 2004. A primer of ecological statistics. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA.
31. GRIFFITH, B., J. M. SCOTT, J. W. CARPENTER, AND C. REED. 1989. Translocation as a species conservation tool: status and strategy. Science 245:477-480. (Pubitemid 20421351)
32. HANNON, S. J. AND K. MARTIN. 2006. Ecology of juvenile grouse during the transition to adulthood. Journal of Zoology 269:422-433. (Pubitemid 44050646)
33. HANNON, S. J., R. C. GRUYS, AND J. O. SCHIECK. 2003. Differential seasonal mortality of the sexes in Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus in northern British Columbia, Canada. Wildlife Biology 9:317-326. (Pubitemid 38192601)
34. HOFFMAN, R. W. AND K. M. GIESEN. 1983. Demography of an introduced population of White-tailed Ptarmigan. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61:1758-1764. (Pubitemid 14275901)
35. HOLDER, K. AND R. MONTGOMERIE. 1993. Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus). The birds of North America. Number 51.
36. HOLDER, K., R. MONTGOMERIE, AND V. L. FRIESEN. 2000. Glacial vicariance and historical biogeography of Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) in the Bering region. Molecular Ecology 9:1265-1278.
37. HOLDER, K., R. MONTGOMERIE, AND V. L. FRIESEN. 2004. Genetic diversity and management of Nearctic Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus). Canadian Journal of Zoology 82:564-575. (Pubitemid 39065069)
38. JACOBSEN JR., E. E., C. M. WHITE, AND W. B. EMISON. 1983. Molting adaptations of Rock Ptarmigan on Amchitka Island, Alaska. Condor 85:420-426. (Pubitemid 16280140)
39. JAMIESON, I. G. AND G. C. WILSON. 2003. Immediate and long-term effects of translocations on breeding success in Takahe Porphyrio hochstetteri. Bird Conservation International 13:299-306. (Pubitemid 38051849)
40. KALER, R. S. A. 2007. Demographic measures, habitat use, and movement of a recently reintroduced island population of Evermann's Rock Ptarmigan. Thesis. Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA.
41. KLEIN, D. R. 1968. The introduction, increase, and crash of reindeer on St. Matthew Island. Journal of Wildlife Management 32:350-367.
42. KLETT, A. T. AND D. H. JOHNSON. 1982. Variability in nest survival rates and implications to nesting studies. Auk 99:77-87. (Pubitemid 13285671)
43. KOMDEUR, J. 1994. Conserving the Seychelles Warbler Acrocephalus sechellensis by translocation from Cousin Island to the islands of Aride and Cousine. Biological Conservation 67:143-152.
44. KURZEJESKI, E. W. AND B. G. ROOT. 1988. Survival of reintroduced Ruffed Grouse in north Missouri. Journal of Wildlife Management 52:248-252. (Pubitemid 19320266)
45. MAJOR, H. L., I. L. JONES, G. V. BYRD, AND J. C. WILLIAMS. 2006. Assessing the effects of introduced Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) on survival and productivity of Least Auklets (Aethia pusilla). Auk 123:681-694. (Pubitemid 44106813)
46. MARON, J. L., J. A. ESTES, D. A. CROLL, E. M. DANNER, S. C. ELMENDORF, AND S. L. BUCKELEW. 2006. An introduced predator alters Aleutian island plant communities by thwarting nutrient subsidies. Ecological Monographs 76:3-24.
47. MERCER, W. E. 1967. Ecology of an island population of Newfoundland Willow Ptarmigan. Technical Bulletin Number 2. Newfoundland and Labrador Wildlife Service, St. John's, Canada.
48. MORAN, R. J. AND W. L. PALMER. 1963. Ruffed Grouse introductions and population trends on Michigan islands. Journal of Wildlife Management 27:606-614.
49. MURIE, O. J. 1959. Fauna of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska Peninsula. North American Fauna 61:1-406.
50. MUSIL, D. D., J. W. CONNELLY, AND K. P. REESE. 1993. Movements, survival, and reproduction of Sage Grouse translocated into central Idaho. Journal of Wildlife Management 57:85-91. (Pubitemid 23402036)
51. NOVOA, C., A. BESNARD, J. F. BRENOT, AND L. N. ELLISON. 2008. Effect of weather on the reproductive rate of Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta in the eastern Pyrenees. Ibis 150:270-278. (Pubitemid 351442604)
52. POWELL, L. A. 2007. Approximating variance of demographic parameters using the delta method: a reference for avian biologists. Condor 109:949-954.
53. REESE, K. P. AND J. W. CONNELLY. 1997. Translocation of Sage Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus in North America. Wildlife Biology 3:235-241. (Pubitemid 28111254)
54. REYNOLDS, M. H., N. E. SEAVY, M. S. VEKASY, J. L. KLAVITTER, AND L. P. LANIAWE. 2008. Translocation and early post-release demography of endangered Laysan Teal. Animal Conservation 11:160-168. (Pubitemid 351467908)
55. ROBB, L. A., K. MARTIN, AND S. J. HANNON. 1992. Spring body condition, fecundity and survival in female Willow Ptarmigan. Journal of Animal Ecology 61:215-233.
56. ROBERTSON, H. A., I. KARIKA, AND E. K. SAUL. 2006. Translocation of Rarotonga Monarchs Pomarea dimi-diata within the southern Cook Islands. Bird Conservation International 16:197-215. (Pubitemid 44151463)
57. ROHWER, F. C. 1988. Inter- and intraspecific relationships between egg size and clutch size in waterfowl. Auk 105:161-176.
58. SANDERCOCK, B. K. 1993. Free-living Willow Ptarmigan are determinate egg-layers. Condor 95:554-558.
59. SANDERCOCK, B. K. AND H. C. PEDERSEN. 1994. The effects of renesting ability and nesting attempts on egg-size variation in Willow Ptarmigan. Canadian Journal of Zoology 72:2252-2255.
60. SANDERCOCK, B. K., K. MARTIN, AND S. J. HANNON. 2005. Life history strategies in extreme environments: comparative demography of arctic and alpine ptarmigan. Ecology 86:2176-2186. (Pubitemid 41121992)
61. SARRAZIN, F. AND S. LEGENDRE. 2000. Demographic approach to releasing adults versus young in reintroductions. Conservation Biology 14:488-500. (Pubitemid 30221262)
62. SCHERINI, G. C., G. TOSI, AND L. A. WAUTERS. 2003. Social behaviour, reproductive biology and breeding success of alpine Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus mutus helveticus in northern Italy. Ardea 91:11-23. (Pubitemid 37470686)
63. SMITH, A. AND T. WILLEBRAND. 1999. Mortality causes and survival rates of hunted and unhunted Willow Grouse. Journal of Wildlife Management 63:722-730. (Pubitemid 29194938)
64. SNYDER, J. W., E. C. PELREN, AND J. A. CRAWFORD. 1999. Translocation histories of prairie grouse in the United States. Wildlife Society Bulletin 27:428-432. (Pubitemid 29478478)
65. SPRINGER, P. F., G. V. BYRD, AND D. W. WOOLINGTON. 1977. Reestablishing Aleutian Canada Geese. Pages 331-338 in Endangered birds: management techniques for preserving threatened species (S. A. Temple, Editor). University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, USA.
66. STAMPS, J. A. AND M. BUECHNER. 1985. The territorial defense hypothesis and the ecology of insular vertebrates. Quarterly Review of Biology 60:155-181. (Pubitemid 16279997)
67. STEEN, J. B. AND S. UNANDER. 1985. Breeding biology of the Svalbard Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus hyperboreus). Ornis Scandinavica 23:366-370.
68. WATSON, A. 1965. A population study of ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) in Scotland. Journal of Animal Ecology 34:135-172.
69. WEEDEN, R. B. 1965. Breeding density, reproductive success, and mortality of Rock Ptarmigan at Eagle Creek, central Alaska, from 1960 to 1964. Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 30:336-348.
70. WEEDEN, R. B. AND A. WATSON. 1967. Determining the age of Rock Ptarmigan in Alaska and Scotland. Journal of Wildlife Management 31:825-826.
71. WESTERSKOV, K. 1950. Methods for determining the age of game bird eggs. Journal of Wildlife Management 14:56-67.
72. WIEBE, K. L. AND K. MARTIN. 2000. The use of incubation behavior to adjust avian reproductive costs after egg laying. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 48:463-470.
73. WIGGINS, D. A., A. P. MØLLER, M. F. L. SØRENSON, AND L. A. BRAND. 1998. Island biogeography and the reproductive ecology of Great Tits Parus major. Oecologia 115:478-482. (Pubitemid 28358481)
74. WILLIAMS, J. C., G. V. BYRD, AND N. B. KONYUKHOV. 2003. Whiskered Auklets Aethia pygmaea, foxes, humans and how to right a wrong. Marine Ornithology 31:175-180. (Pubitemid 39500400)
75. WILSON, S., K. MARTIN, AND S. J. HANNON. 2007. Nest survival patterns in Willow Ptarmigan: influence of time, nesting stage, and female characteristics. Condor 109:377-388. (Pubitemid 46770457)
76. ZIMMERMAN, C. E., N. HILLGRUBER, S. E. BURRIL, M. A. ST. PETERS, AND J. D. WETZEL. 2005. Offshore marine observation of Willow Ptarmigan, including water landings, Kuskokwim Bay, Alaska. Wilson Bulletin 117:12-14. (Pubitemid 40589266)