Survival of Rio Grande Wild Turkey chicks

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 12-20

  Spears, Brian L ^a,e   Ballard, Warren B ^a   Wallace, Mark C ^a   Phillips, Richard S ^a   Holdstock, Derrick P ^a   Brunjes, John H ^a   Applegate, Roger D ^b   Miller, Michael S ^c   Gipson, Philip S ^d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks   (United States)

^c TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^d KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Upper Columbia FWO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chick; Kaplan Meier; Meleagris gallopavo; Survival; Telemetry; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO INTERMEDIA;

EID: 13244272161     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-76.1.12     Document Type: Article

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