Estimating the accuracy of counting Eastern Wild Turkeys, Meleagris gallopavo silvestris, using helicopters in Wisconsin

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 417-421

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

^a WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b Midwest Bio Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial survey; Count; Density; Eastern Wild turkey Meleagris gallopavo silvestris; Helicopter; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO SILVESTRIS;

AERIAL SURVEY; EASTERN WILD TURKEY; HELICOPTER; METHOD ACCURACY;

USA, WISCONSIN;

EID: 0030609670     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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