The meaning of SPRUCE GROUSE is a grouse (Canachites canadensis) of the forests of northern North America chiefly north of the U.S. whose plumage is extensively barred with black with the adult male being nearly black below.
Unlike pheasants and partridge, grouse for game shooting cannot be reared and subsequently successfully released onto the moor. Numbers of grouse for shooting have to be encouraged by the management of their natural habitat. Red grouse feed predominantly on heather (Calluna vulgaris and Erica spp.)...
MHC class IIB exon 2 polymorphism in the grey partridge (Perdix perdix) is shaped by selection, recombination and gene conversion. PLoS One 8: e69135. Radwan J, Zagalska-Neubauer M, Cichoń M, Sendecka J, Kulma K, Gustafsson L et al. (2012). MHC diversity, malaria and lifetime ...