Effects of fall hunting on survival of male wild turkeys in Virginia and West Virginia

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 393-404

  Norman, Gary W ^a   Conner, Mary M ^b   Pack, James C ^c   White, Gary C ^b  

^a Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c WV Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Additive mortality; Band recovery; Band reporting; Compensatory mortality; Harvest; Hunting; Male wild turkey; Meleagris gallopavo silvestris; Model averaging; Model selection; Program MARK; Survival; Virginia; West Virginia

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; GAMEBIRD; HUNTING; MARKING METHOD; SURVIVAL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; WEST VIRGINIA;

AVES; MELEAGRIS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO SILVESTRIS;

EID: 1942518398     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0393:EOFHOS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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