Food habits of blue grouse
Condor
By: R. E. Stewart
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Abstract
The food habits of Blue Grouse vary from a simple winter diet that is made up predominantly of coniferous needles to a complex diet during the summer months, characterized by great variety of foods including green leaves, fruits and seeds, flowers, animal matter and coniferous needles. The spring and fall, which represent the transition periods between these two, are characterized by feeding habits that are generally intermediate. The diets of the two species of Blue Grouse, Dendrugapus obscurus and Dendragapus juliginosus, are quite similar as far as major types of food are concerned, but they differ considerably in the species that are taken. Such differences reflect differences in the vegetation within the ecologic and geographic ranges occupied by the two species.
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Stewart, R.E., 1944, Food habits of blue grouse: Condor, v. 46, no. 3, p. 112-120, https://doi.org/10.2307/1364277.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Food habits of blue grouse |
| Series title | Condor |
| DOI | 10.2307/1364277 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 1944 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Oxford Academic |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 9 p. |
| First page | 112 |
| Last page | 120 |