Evaluation of transmitter attachment techniques on growth of wild turkey poults

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1574-1578

  Hubbard, Michael W ^a   Tsao, Ling Ling C ^b   Klaas, Erwin E ^a   Kaiser, Mark ^b   Jackson, Dewaine H ^c,d  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^c Wildlife Research Station   (United States)

^d OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Harness; Marking techniques; Meleagris gallopavo; Poult; Radiotransmitter; Survival; Telemetry; Wild turkey

Indexed keywords

GAMEBIRD; MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RADIOTELEMETRY;

AVES; GALLOPAVO; HARNESS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 0031756728     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802024     Document Type: Article

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