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INSECT AVAILABILITY AND USE BY TURKEYS IN FOREST CLEARINGS

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 1975
Insect availability in forest wildlife clearings and under the forest canopy was evaluated in southwest Virginia from May to October 1971. Three age‐groups of 120 domestic turkey poults were allowed to feed in four forest wildlife clearings and four ...
Dennis D. Martin, Burd S. McGinnes
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The role of management decisions in subspecies hybridization across wild turkey occupied range

Wildlife Society Bulletin, Volume 49, Issue S1, December 2025.
This study used DNA from hunter‐collected feathers across 29 U.S. states and Ontario to assess how past management actions, such as translocations and subspecies introductions, have shaped genetic admixture in wild turkeys. While admixture levels did not differ between historic and introduced ranges, they were influenced by management practices ...
Amanda K. Beckman, Sarah A. Hamer, Gil G. Rosenthal, Leonard A. Brennan, Zach B. Hancock   +4 more
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ROOSTING BEHAVIOR OF MALE EASTERN AND RIO GRANDE WILD TURKEYS

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2015
: Roosting behavior is poorly understood relative to other facets of wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo; hereafter, turkey) ecology. However, GPS technology has provided an opportunity to detail aspects of roosting behavior that have traditionally eluded ...
Michael E. Byrne, Bret A. Collier, Michael J. Chamberlain   +2 more
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Measuring congruence between available and selected vegetation at wild turkey nest sites

Wildlife Society Bulletin, Volume 49, Issue S1, December 2025.
We evaluated whether female wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo ssp.) differentially selected vegetation characteristics on the first day of egg laying across 164 nesting attempts and 492 travel paths. Vegetation conditions at nest sites were commonly available along movement paths, and visual obstruction did not influence nest success, suggesting nest ...
Landon R. Schofield, Nicholas W. Bakner, Cody Cedotal, Michael J. Chamberlain, Bret A. Collier   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

DYNAMICS BETWEEN SPRING AND FALL HARVESTS OF WILD TURKEYS IN VIRGINIA

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 1995
: Different wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) population growth and density indices have been observed among counties in Virginia. This study was conducted to determine if a relationship existed between different levels of fall harvest and ...
David E. Steffen, Gary W. Norman
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Geographical variation in male eastern wild turkey gobbling activity relative to female nesting chronology

Wildlife Society Bulletin, Volume 49, Issue S1, December 2025.
We investigated the temporal relationship between wild turkey gobbling and nesting and how the timing of these behaviors overlapped with the hunting season across three distinct physiographic ecoregions in North Carolina, USA. Although daily gobbling activity was highly variable within and among years, nest initiation timing was consistent across years
David J. Moscicki, Krishna Pacifici, Christopher D. Kreh, Hannah M. Plumpton, Bret A. Collier, Christopher E. Moorman   +5 more
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A SNP based linkage map of the turkey genome reveals multiple intrachromosomal rearrangements between the Turkey and Chicken genomes [PDF]

, 2010
Background The turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is an important agricultural species that is the second largest contributor to the world's poultry meat production.
Bastiaansen John WM, Vereijken, A., Martien AM Groenen, Aslam Muhammad L, Groenen, M.A.M., John WM Bastiaansen, Bastiaansen, J.W.M., Hendrik-Jan Megens, Muhammad L Aslam, Richard PMA Crooijmans, Addie Vereijken, Vereijken Addie, Crooijmans, R.P.M.A., Groenen Martien AM, Crooijmans Richard PMA, Megens, H.J.W.C., Aslam, M.L., Megens Hendrik-Jan   +17 more
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Use of LiDAR to examine habitat selection by incubating female wild turkeys in South Carolina

Wildlife Society Bulletin, Volume 49, Issue S1, December 2025.
We evaluated how spatially explicit LiDAR‐derived estimates of forest structure and topographical features influenced selection by female eastern wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) during the incubation period. Female wild turkeys selected for incubation recess locations in pine (Pinus spp.) forests with an average basal area of ~14m2/ha and
Erin E. Ulrey, Nicholas W. Bakner, James E. Garabedian, John C. Kilgo, Bret A. Collier, Michael J. Chamberlain   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

STATUS OF WILD TURKEY RESTORATION IN EAST TEXAS

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 1975
Wild turkey restoration efforts in east Texas began in the early 1940's. From then until the early 1950's penreared eastern wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) were released in one county and wild‐trapped Rio Grande turkeys (M. g.
Charles E. Boyd, Roy D. Oglesby
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Role of kinship in sociality of female eastern wild turkeys

Wildlife Society Bulletin, Volume 49, Issue S1, December 2025.
We used a matrix of contact rates generated from high‐resolution global positioning system data to quantify interactions and contact rates based on genetic relatedness. We found that most females with genetic relatives in their winter flocks did not join social group prior to breeding that included those relatives. Our findings suggest that female wild
Sara A. Watkins, Bridgett M. vonHoldt, Bret A. Collier, Michael J. Chamberlain   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source