Survival of Rio Grande wild turkeys on the Edwards Plateau of Texas

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-86

  Collier, Bret A ^a   Jones, Dustin A ^a,c   Schaap, Jody N ^a,d   Randel III, Charles J ^a,e   Willsey, Beau J ^a,f   Aguirre, Ray ^b   Schwertner, T Wayne ^b   Silvy, Nova J ^a   Peterson, Markus J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c SWCA ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^d SWCA Environmental Consultants   (United States)

^e Sapphos Environmental Inc   (United States)

^f FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Edwards Plateau; Meleagris gallopavo intermedia; Population decline; Radiotelemetry; Rio Grande wild turkey; Survival; Texas

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; GAMEBIRD; NESTING SUCCESS; POPULATION DECLINE; RADIOTELEMETRY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; WILD POPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EDWARDS PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO INTERMEDIA;

EID: 34248171282     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2005-751     Document Type: Article

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