Male Rio Grande turkey survival and movements in the Texas Panhandle and southwestern Kansas

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 904-913

  Holdstock, Derrick P ^a,b   Wallace, Mark C ^a   Ballard, Warren B ^a   Brunjes, John H ^a   Phillips, Richard S ^a   Spears, Brian L ^a,e   Demaso, Stephen J ^b   Jernigan, Jack D ^b   Applegate, Roger D ^c   Gipson, Phillip S ^d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

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

^d KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Upper Columbia Fish and Wildlife Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Kansas; Meleagris gallopavo intermedia; Movement; Rio Grande; Seasonal survival; Texas Panhandle; Wild turkey

Indexed keywords

BIRD; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE; TEXAS; TEXAS PANHANDLE; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; LYNX; LYNX RUFUS; MAMMALIA; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO INTERMEDIA;

EID: 33749017934     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[904:MRGTSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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