scholarly journals Banding and Observation of Ptarmigan Lagopus mutus japonicus in the Southern Part of the Akaishi Mountains

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-54
Author(s):  
Toshiharu ASAKURA ◽  
Shoji MASUDA ◽  
Tamiko KONDO ◽  
Masanobu HOTTA
Keyword(s):  
Lagopus Mutus

Seasonal changes in crop content of the Svalbard ptarmigan Lagopus mutus hyperboreus

1985 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sigmund Unander ◽  
Atle Mortensen ◽  
Arve Elvebakk
Keyword(s):  
Seasonal Changes ◽  
Crop Content ◽  
Lagopus Mutus

scholarly journals Fowlpox Virus Infection in a Captive Japanese Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus japonicus)

2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mi Htay Htay Yu ◽  
Tsuyoshi YAMAGUCHI ◽  
Norio MIYANO ◽  
Hirofumi SHIMIZU ◽  
Atsuko MURAI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virus Infection ◽  
Rock Ptarmigan ◽  
Fowlpox Virus ◽  
Lagopus Mutus

Ecology of gyrfalcons, Falco rusticolus, in the central Canadian Arctic: diet and feeding behaviour

1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 334-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. G. Poole ◽  
D. A. Boag
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Behaviour ◽  
Prey Species ◽  
Prey Availability ◽  
Optimal Foraging Theory ◽  
Ground Squirrels ◽  
Spermophilus Parryii ◽  
Falco Rusticolus ◽  
Lagopus Mutus ◽  
Spring Arrival ◽  
Average Size

Diet and aspects of feeding behaviour in a population of gyrfalcons (Falco rusticolus) in the Northwest Territories were examined between 1984 and 1986. Three prey species, rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus), arctic ground squirrel (Spermophilus parryii), and arctic hare (Lepus arcticus), composed 96.5% of total prey biomass identified. Ptarmigan and hares were taken in May and June of all years (98.2% of biomass). Juvenile squirrels were used extensively in July and August of 1984 and 1985 but not in 1986, when squirrel production fell to almost zero; ptarmigan continued to be the dominant prey species throughout that summer. Because densities of breeding ptarmigan remained relatively constant during the study, but those of juvenile ground squirrels did not, it appeared that gyrfalcons responded functionally to varying availability of prey. Mean weight (250 g) of prey taken by male gyrfalcons was significantly less than the weight (330 g) of prey taken by females. As predicted by optimal foraging theory, average size of prey brought to the nest increased as time away from the nest increased. Conditions of food abundance were observed at most nests, suggesting that the amount of food available during the nestling period was not limiting production. We suggest that annual production is a function of spacing of pairs, which is set during courtship and prelaying, when prey availability is at its yearly low and when males must forage for both members of the pair. The fact that most gyrfalcon pairs initiated laying only after the spring arrival of migrating ptarmigan is consistent with this conclusion.

Glomerular Lipidosis Accompanied by Renal Tubular Oxalosis in Wild and Laboratory-Reared Japanese Rock Ptarmigans (Lagopus mutus japonicus)

2011 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 709-713 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atsuko Murai ◽  
Mami Murakami ◽  
Hiroki Sakai ◽  
Hiroaki Shimizu ◽  
Koichi Murata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lagopus Mutus ◽  
Renal Tubular
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