Talk:Grouse

message: But what if they indeed do taste like chicken?  What's wrong with mentioning that?  I am prepared to share recipies if anyone is interested. 
Canadacow 02:19, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: There are 20 species of grouse listed. I know that at least two of them do not taste of chicken, so the statement is not correct. Anyway, this is a bilogical article, not a cookbook. jimfbleak 04:40, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh well.  Sorry for my vandalism.  Was just trying exercise a little bit of humor and test the self-correcting nature of the wikipedia.  I shall not do it again.  Canadacow 16:32, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: No, no, no, don't apologize. Research some on relationship with humans in general, take 2 or 3 trustworthy sources, write up some paragraphs and then do a section. I have never had any grouse, and I found the idea that some (possibly many) do not taste like chicken - though they do look a lot like chicken in habitus, and they may well be - entirely plausible; not many chickens eat spruce needles. The food aspect is not one to be underestimated; I would go as far as to say it is one of the 3 top reasons who people know about these birds who don't know Lawe's Parotia. Dysmorodrepanis 03:30, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Taste

message: There has been much talk about the evolution and systematics of grouse as of recently. Perhaps someone who knows the refs could write something up. Dysmorodrepanis 03:30, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Systematics

message: A paper on grouse seems to classify some grouse into new genera . Frankyboy5 02:05, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That's an ancient one. Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 21:46, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: MtDNA shows new genera

message: Hello! I am studying this topic for a class assignment. References for my topic can be found below. Feel free to add any comments or suggestions about any of the articles.
1. Drovetski, S. V., Rohwer, S., & Mode, N. A. 2006. Role of sexual and natural selection in evolution of body size and shape: a phylogenetic study of morphological radiation in grouse. Journal Of Evolutionary Biology, 19(4), 1083-1091.
2. Isomursu, M., Rätti, O., Helle, P., & Hollmén, T. 2006. Sex and age influence intestinal parasite burden in three boreal grouse species. Journal Of Avian Biology, 37(5), 516-522.
3. Lislevand, T., Figuerola, J., & Székely, T. 2009. Evolution of sexual size dimorphism in grouse and allies (Aves: Phasianidae) in relation to mating competition, fecundity demands and resource division. Journal Of Evolutionary Biology, 22(9), 1895-1905.
4. Remeš, V., & Székely, T. 2010. Domestic chickens defy Rensch's rule: sexual size dimorphism in chicken breeds V. Remeš and T. Székely Sexual size dimorphism in chicken breeds. Journal Of Evolutionary Biology, 23(12), 2754-2759.
Aa3z4 (talk) 00:19, 27 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sexual Size Dimorphism in Grouse 

message: After reviewing your added section of sexual size dimorphism in grouse, I thought that your section was structured well. I thought you included a good amount of information that was easily understood. I thought that you also did a good job in explaining what reverse sexual dimorphism was, so that people understood what the purpose of your section was. I also added "Sexual size dimorphism manifests itself differently between grouse and other birds, particularly birds of prey. For example, in owls and kestrels, it is typically females that are larger, while males are smaller in order to be more effective at hunting and defending the young. Females are larger, as their responsibility is to feed the young with prey that the males have caught. " Leflame123 (talk) 17:19, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sexual Size Dimorphism Peer Review 

message: First off, good job on titling the sections for the specific topics you covered. You went into great details and the article is even more informative now!
In terms of edits, I switched the orders of some sentences for better flow. I also fixed some grammatical points to avoid long winded phrases. I also took out some words that felt extra without changing the overall meaning of the sentence. 
“The hypothesis with the most supporting evidence for the evolution of sexual dimorphism is sexual selection.” > I think this could be worded a little better. I tried to change it a little bit but I’m not sure if it relays the information clear and simply. This is the 4th sentence in the ‘Male Size Selection’ section.Daisuke 780 (talk) 05:36, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sexual Size Dimorphism Peer Review Pt. 2 

message: I made sure to include citations at the end of every sentence. I changed some wording and sentence structure to make the article more concise. I revised how I defined the different types of lekking behavior. I included exactly which differences in mating systems account for the evolution of body size in grouse. As for the section on differences in sexual dimorphism seen in other bird species, I removed the specific information about owls because that did not belong in this article and did not relate to grouse specifically. Instead, I chose to give a more general statement about how sexual dimorphism in grouse can differ from other birds. Aa3z4 (talk) 14:52, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comments on Final Draft Changes 

message: I thought it might be helpful to add a column to this table containing images of the species' ranges. 2600:1700:5090:17B0:954E:7897:387:D34E (talk) 16:45, 15 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Species 

message: This article discusses both birds called "grouse" in general as well as the taxonomic tribe known as Tetraonini. The first body section only discusses grouse; for example, it doesn't mention turkeys when discussing largest species 
Edit: My bad, was not aware that there is debate on Meleagris's inclusion, makes more sense now KettleMettle (talk) 11:13, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Two articles in one?