From the Field: The relationship of Rio Grande wild turkey distributions to roads

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 745-748

  Butler, Matthew J ^a   Wallace, Mark C ^a   Ballard, Warren B ^a   DeMaso, Stephen J ^b,d   Applegate, Roger D ^c,e  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

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

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Central Mountains and Plains Section (CMPS)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bias; Distance sampling; Distribution; Line transects; Meleagris gallopavo intermedia; Rio grande wild turkeys; Roads; Seasons; Sex

Indexed keywords

GAMEBIRD; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; ROAD;

NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO INTERMEDIA;

EID: 27144529349     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[745:FTFTRO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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