Status and distribution of wild turkeys in the United States in 2025
Wildlife Society Bulletin, Volume 49, Issue S1, December 2025.
Bret A. Collier +3 more
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Spatial and temporal variation in female wild turkey roost‐site selection
We assessed roost‐site selection by 355 female eastern wild turkeys in relation to distance to roads, water, and openings during the leaf‐on and leaf‐off seasons across the 3 ecoregions of North Carolina, USA. Female wild turkeys roosted closer to water across seasons and roosted closer to roads and open land cover during the leaf‐on season but not ...
Desirée Nieves Canabal +6 more
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18: PARASITISM AND DISEASE AMONG SOUTHEASTERN WILD TURKEYS*
During the 6 years from 1964 to 1970 nearly 400 eastern wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) were examined for parasites and diseases. Adult and immature turkeys from Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, and West Virginia have been studied on an ...
Annie K. Prestwood +2 more
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A new set of 16S rRNA universal primers for identification 1 of animal species [PDF]
In this study, bioinformatics were used to specifically design universal primers within 16S rRNA gene according to the following criteria: the priming sites needed to be sufficiently conserved to permit a reliable amplification (pooled samples) and the ...
Galara, Ioanna +8 more
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Effects of Large Scale Growing Season Prescribed Burns on Movement, Habitat Use, Productivity, and Survival of Female Wild Turkey on the White Rock Ecosystem Restoration Project of the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest [PDF]
Restoration of woodland and savanna ecosystems has become a common management strategy in the Central Hardwoods region. Over the past two decades forest managers have implemented woodland and savanna restoration at the landscape level (≥10,000 ha ...
Pittman, Henry Tyler
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CONSERVATION OF GENETIC DIVERSITY WITHIN AND AMONG SUBSPECIES OF WILD TURKEY
: Genetic differences among 5 subspecies of wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) were assessed using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis. DNA marker profiles were obtained for 358 birds, representing a total of 24 populations across North
Karen E. Mock +3 more
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FOOD HABITS OF WILD TURKEY POULTS IN MISSISSIPPI
Eastern wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) poults, age 3‐38 days, fed on a variety of habitats, but mostly along the edges of hayfields, pastures, or roadsides and in various forest types.
George A. Hurst, Bryan D. Stringer Jr.
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MORTALITY AND SURVIVAL OF WILD TRAPPED EASTERN WILD TURKEYS IN TEXAS
: Data from 74 transmitter‐equipped eastern wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) were used to determine mortality and survival in a new population.
Wendell G. Swank +3 more
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HISTORIA NATURAL, DOMESTICACIÓN Y DISTRIBUCIÓN DEL GUAJOLOTE (Meleagris gallopavo) EN MEXICO [PDF]
El estudio histórico de los pavos o guajolotes en México se ha complicado por las diferentes sinonimias que se le dan a la especie, porque los primeros estudiosos del tema los confundían con otras especies de características similares y por la presencia ...
E Jiménez-Hidalgo +4 more
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FACTORS INFLUENCING WILD TURKEY POULT SURVIVAL IN SOUTHCENTRAL IOWA
: Population models indicate that small changes in poult survival can contribute to large changes in population predictions. We used a proportional‐hazards model to evaluate the influence of habitat variables and individual characteristics on eastern ...
Michael W. Hubbard +2 more
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