Wild Turkey Science - Which vital rates are most important to turkey populations? | #130

Natural Resources University · Mar 13, 2023 · 1h 6m

What does the available wild turkey research tell us and what gaps need to be filled moving forward? Dr. Chitwood walks us through 50+ years of published literature on eastern wild turkey vital rates. They literally incorporated all of the vital rates published on easterns into a model, to determine the status of population trajectories, and identify which factor was most important in driving those trajectories. This is the first release of the only known, all-inclusive meta-analysis on the wild turkey, so tune in, it is powerful. If you're thinking nesting or brooding success…think again…