Survival of wild turkey hens in southwestern Wisconsin

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 313-320

  Wright, Robert G ^a,b   Paisley, R Neal ^a   Kubisiak, John F ^a  

^a WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b Midwest Bio Services   (United States)

Author keywords

hunting; Kaplan Meier; Meleagris gallopavo; radiotelemetry; survival; wild turkey; winter severity; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

SURVIVAL; WILD TURKEY;

USA, WISCONSIN, VERNON COUNTY;

MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 0029663419     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802230     Document Type: Article

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