Distances of dispersal between brood range and winter range were analyzed for 38 male juvenile spruce grouse (Canachites canadensis) in 16 broods in southwest Alberta, 1970–1972.

Behaviour of captive spruce grouse (Canachites canadensis franklinii) was observed at the time broods break up at the end of summer and during the period when juveniles disperse in autumn and the following spring.

The influences of date of hatch, and age and prelaying body weight of brood female on the growth rate of juvenile spruce grouse (Canachites canadensis) were studied in central New Brunswick in 1977 and 1978.

The behavior of female Franklin's grouse (Canachites canadensis franklinii) in response to a playback of female aggressive calls was recorded in southwestern Alberta during the spring of 1974 and late winter, spring, summer, and autumn of 1975.

Behaviour associated with territoriality in female Franklin's spruce grouse (Canachites canadensis franklinii) was studied during the breeding seasons of 1976 and 1977 to determine how and when these grouse communicate their location to conspecifics and what role communication has in maintaining dispersion.