The Wild Turkey: Biology and ManagementJames G. Dickson - A National Wild Turkey Federation and U.S. Forest Service book - Standard reference for all subspecies - Extensive, new information on all aspects of wild turkey ecology and management The standard reference for all subspecies--Eastern, Gould's, Merriam's, Florida and Rio Grande--The Wild Turkey summarizes the new technologies and studies leading to better understanding and management.Synthesizing the work of all current experts, The Wild Turkey presents extensive, new data on restoration techniques; population influences and management; physical characteristics and behavior; habitat use by season, sex, and age; historic and seasonal ranges and habitat types; and nesting ecology.The book is designed to further the already incredible comeback of America's wild turkey. |
Contents
Wild Turkey Background and History | 1 |
Last recorded observation of native turkeys prior to recent introductions | 12 |
Chapter 3 Systematics and Population Genetics | 18 |
Heterozygosity and percent polymorphic loci for some game birds | 24 |
Chapter 4 Physical Characteristics | 31 |
Chapter 15 | 66 |
Major foods of the eastern wild turkey in the northeastern section of | 72 |
Principal foods of the Merriams turkey | 78 |
Chapter 16 Eastern Turkey in Eastern OakHickory and Northern Hardwood Forests | 232 |
7 | 244 |
Chapter 17 | 265 |
Chapter 18 | 286 |
Chapter 19 | 306 |
Currently occupied range within the original distribution of the Rio Grande | 309 |
Proliferation of reservoir development in Texas showing acrefeet of storage | 323 |
Chapter 20 | 331 |
Chapter 7 Physiology | 84 |
A diagram illustrating the reciprocal relationship among the central nervous | 97 |
Chapter 8 | 101 |
Chapter 9 | 119 |
Chapter 10 | 129 |
The original range of the wild turkey and the average annual precipitation | 135 |
Variations in total brood counts in Pennsylvania show the dilemma of drawing | 141 |
Chapter 11 | 144 |
8 | 150 |
15 | 163 |
Chapter 16 | 177 |
Chapter 19 Rio Grande Turkey | 187 |
4 | 338 |
Chapter 21 | 350 |
Chapter 22 | 361 |
Chapter 23 | 387 |
Chapter 24 | 408 |
Appendix | 416 |
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The Authors | 450 |
Chapter 14 | 453 |
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