Impact of reproductive effort on survival of Rio Grande wild turkey meleagris gallop intermedia hens in Texas

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 370-379

  Collier, Bret A ^a   Melton, Kyle B ^a,b   Hardin, Jason B ^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)

Author keywords

Breeding season; Edwards Plateau; Meleagris gallopavo intermedia; Radio telemetry; Rio Grande wild turkey; Survival; Texas

Indexed keywords

GALLIFORMES; MELEAGRIS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO INTERMEDIA;

EID: 76449115221     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/09-011     Document Type: Article

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