Occurrence of Greater Sage-Grouse X Sharp-tailed Grouse hybrids in Alberta
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Abstract
Two distinct grouse were regularly observed at two Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) leks in both 1999 and 2000 in southeastern Alberta. Physically and behaviorally, the birds exhibited characteristics of both Greater Sage-Grouse and Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus), suggesting they were hybrids. DNA analyses of blood and feather samples indicated that both birds were males with Greater Sage-Grouse mothers and thus, fathers that were likely Sharp-tailed Grouse.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Occurrence of Greater Sage-Grouse X Sharp-tailed Grouse hybrids in Alberta |
| Series title | Condor |
| DOI | 10.1650/0010-5422(2001)103[0657:OOGSGS]2.0.CO;2 |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 2001 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cooper Ornithological Society |
| Contributing office(s) | Fort Collins Science Center |
| Description | 4 p. |
| First page | 657 |
| Last page | 660 |
| Country | Canada |
| State | Alberta |