Habitat use of eastern wild turkeys in central Mississippi

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 210-222

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

^a WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

^b Box 9690 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Compositional analysis; Eastern wild turkey; Habitat preference; Habitat use; Meleagris gallopavo silvestris; Mississippi; Spatial scales; Wild turkey

Indexed keywords

GAMEBIRD; HABITAT USE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 0033005192     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802503     Document Type: Article

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