Winter survival of wild turkey females in central Minnesota

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1800-1807

  Kane, Dale F ^a,c   Kimmel, Richard O ^b   Faber, William E ^a,d  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^d Central Lakes College   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern wild turkey; Meleagris gallopavo sylvestris; Minnesota; Mortality; Northern range; Populations; Radiotelemetry; Supplemental food; Survival; Translocation

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GAMEBIRD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORTALITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL; WILD POPULATION; WINTER;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO SILVESTRIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 48249137298     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-008     Document Type: Article

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