Wild turkey population dynamics in southwestern Wisconsin

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 917-924

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

^a WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b Box 156 ^*  (United States)

^c Midwest Bio Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Harvest; Meleagris gallopavo silvestris; Modeling; Population dynamics; Reproduction; Survival; Weather; Wild turkey; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

GAMEBIRD; HUNTING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT;

USA; WISCONSIN;

AVES; CERVIDAE; GALLIFORMES; GALLOPAVO; MELEAGRIS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO SILVESTRIS;

EID: 0031851894     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802543     Document Type: Article

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