INDEXES FOR AGING EASTERN WILD TURKEYS
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 1975 Spur length was the best single variable for determining the age of eastern wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris), but a discriminant function involving spur length, beard length, and body weight was more accurate.
Gene Kelly
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SETTING SPRING GOBBLER HUNTING SEASONS BY TIMING PEAK GOBBLING
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 1975 Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) gobbling activity was monitored in South Carolina during the breeding seasons from 1972‐74 in an attempt to establish the most desirable period for holding spring gobbler hunts.
W. Vernon Bevill Jr.,
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Survival and cause-specific mortality of female eastern wild turkeys in two frequently-burned longleaf pine savannas [PDF]
, 2016 Longleaf pine savannas have declined throughout the southeastern United States due to land-use change. Fortunately, natural resource professionals are currently restoring these ecologically and economically important savannas.
Benson, John F. +4 more
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BEHAVIOR OF HUMAN‐IMPRINTED AND HEN‐REARED WILD TURKEY POULTS
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 1975 Behavior patterns are described for human‐imprinted and hen‐reared wild turkey poults (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) from hatching until 4 months of age. Poults fed primarily on insects during the first 5 weeks of life.
William M. Healy +2 more
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PRODUCTIVITY OF THE EASTERN WILD TURKEY IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 1975 Eastern wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) productivity was determined during the summers of 1968‐72 in the Mississippi River Delta, Mississippi. Highest productivity occurred in 1969 and the lowest in 1970.
James E. Kennamer +3 more
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The Embryonic Transcriptome Of The Red-Eared Slider Turtle (Trachemys Scripta) [PDF]
, 2013 The bony shell of the turtle is an evolutionary novelty not found in any other group of animals, however, research into its formation has suggested that it has evolved through modification of conserved developmental mechanisms.
Cebra-Thomas, J. +14 more
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WINTER SURVIVAL OF WILD TURKEYS IN THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 1975 The survival and behavior of an isolated population of wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) was investigated in the southern Adirondack Mountains, 1966‐73.
David E. Austin, Lee W. DeGraff
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Using Qualitative Disease Risk Analysis for Herpetofauna Conservation Translocations Transgressing Ecological and Geographical Barriers [PDF]
, 2017 Through the exploration of disease risk analysis methods employed for four different UK herpetofauna translocations, we illustrate how disease hazards can be identified, and how the risk of disease can be analysed.
Beckmann, K +7 more
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TRAVEL CORRIDOR TECHNIQUE OF WILD TURKEY MANAGEMENT
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 1975 Travel corridors provided the eastern wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) easy access to suitable habitats at Union Camp Corporation's Palmetto Bluff Plantation in southeastern South Carolina.
G. A. Gehrken
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HABITAT USE AND SEASONAL MOVEMENTS OF WILD TURKEYS IN THE SOUTHEAST
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 1975 Habitat use and seasonal movement data were obtained from 105 eastern wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) instrumented with radio transmitters and from other non‐instrumented birds at five study areas.
Dan W. Speake +4 more
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