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A red grouse perspective on dispersal in small mammals

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This chapter includes a brief comparison of red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus) and small mammals as study animals. I write more on how I, as a worker who has used red grouse to tackle general questions on population ecology, view the literature on dispersal in small mammals. Occasionally comparisons are drawn with red grouse and it is noted where work on small mammals has been of particular benefit. Cycles are mentioned often because several species of small mammals and grouse (Tetraonidae) are two of the notable groups of animals which show population cycles, and because advances in understanding with each group have been useful to workers on the other group.

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  1. Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Norway

    Nils Chr. Stenseth

  2. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, USA

    William Z. Lidicker Jr

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Watson, A. (1992). A red grouse perspective on dispersal in small mammals. In: Stenseth, N.C., Lidicker, W.Z. (eds) Animal Dispersal. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2338-9_12

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