Merriam's turkey nest survival and factors affecting nest predation by mammals

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1765-1774

  Lehman, Chad P ^a,c   Rumble, Mark A ^b   Flake, Lester D ^a   Thompson, Daniel J ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c Custer State Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Merriam's turkey; Nest survival; Ponderosa pine; Precipitation; Predation; Proportional hazard modeling

Indexed keywords

GAMEBIRD; MORTALITY; NEST PREDATION; NESTING SUCCESS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SURVIVAL;

CANIS LATRANS; MAMMALIA; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 56649114139     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-519     Document Type: Article

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