Evaluation of a global positioning system backpack transmitter for wild turkey research

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 539-547

  Guthrie, Joshua D ^a   Byrne, Michael E ^b   Hardin, Jason B ^c   Kochanny, Christopher O ^d   Skow, Kevin L ^a   Snelgrove, Robert T ^a   Butler, Matthew J ^e   Peterson, Markus J ^a   Chamberlain, Michael J ^b,f   Collier, Bret A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^d Sirtrack Wildlife Tracking Solutions   (New Zealand)

^e TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Global Positioning System; habitat selection; Meleagris gallapavo intermedia; movement ecology; Rio Grande wild turkey; telemetry; Texas

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GAMEBIRD; GPS; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; VEGETATION COVER; WILD POPULATION;

RIO GRANDE [NORTH AMERICA]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MELEAGRIS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 79955918894     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.137     Document Type: Article

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