Nest site fidelity in female wild turkey: Potential causes and reproductive consequences

Condor

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 589-594

  Badyaev, Alexander V ^a,b   Faust, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

breeding dispersal; Meleagris gallopavo; nest site fidelity; reproductive performance; Wild Turkey

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLOPAVO; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 0029824138     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369571     Document Type: Article

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