Poult adoption and nest abandonment by a female Rio Grande Wild Turkey in Texas

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 259-261

  Metz, Steve T ^a   Melton, Kyle B ^a   Aguirre, Ray ^b   Collier, Bret A ^a   Schwertner, T Wayne ^b   Peterson, Markus J ^a   Silvy, Nova J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; BIRD; BROOD DESERTION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POULTRY;

EDWARDS PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO INTERMEDIA;

EID: 33745813584     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/05-060.1     Document Type: Article

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