Landscape attributes and nest-site selection in Wild Turkeys

Auk

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 912-923

  Thogmartin, Wayne E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMEBIRD; HABITAT USE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NEST SITE; NESTING SUCCESS; PREDATION RISK;

ARKANSAS; OUACHITA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLOPAVO; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; PINUS ECHINATA;

EID: 0032746259     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089671     Document Type: Article

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