Survival and cause-specific mortality of wild turkey hens in central Mississippi

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 306-313

  Miller, Darren A ^a,b   Burger, Loren W ^a   Leopold, Bruce D ^a   Hurst, George A ^a  

^a Box 9690 ^*  (United States)

^b Weyerhaeuser S Forest Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Meleagris gallopavo; Mississippi; Mortality rates; Predation; Reproductive cost; Survival; Wild turkey

Indexed keywords

EASTERN WILD TURKEY; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; WILD TURKEY;

MISSISSIPPI; USA;

MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO SILVESTRIS;

EID: 0031897056     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802293     Document Type: Article

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