Influence of temperature and precipitation on survival of wild turkey poults

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1499-1505

  Roberts, Steven D ^a,b   Porter, William F ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Iowa Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern wild turkey; Meleagris gallopavo silvestris; New York; Poult survival; Precipitation; Recruitment; Reproduction; Weather

Indexed keywords

GAMEBIRD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

NEW YORK; UNITED STATES;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLOPAVO; MELEAGRIS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO SILVESTRIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031785515     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802016     Document Type: Article

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