Habitat selection models for eastern wild turkeys in central Mississippi

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 765-776

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

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern wild turkey; Habitat models; Habitat use; Logistic regression; Meleagris gallopavo silvestris; Mississippi; Predictive models

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE;

MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

AVES; GALLOPAVO; MELEAGRIS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO SILVESTRIS; RIPARIA;

EID: 0033948744     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802747     Document Type: Article

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