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How much turkey predation is actually avian? | Wild Turkey Science #601
Will leads us through a deep dive of the scientific literature on the relative contribution of avian predators to wild turkey predation.
Resources:
Hughes, T. W., et al. (2005). The impacts of predation on wild turkeys. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2005, 117-126.
Palmer, W. E., et al. (2005). Effect of field borders and nest‐predator reduction on abundance of northern bobwhites. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 33(4), 1398-1405.
Speake, D. W., et al. (1985). Mortality of wild turkey poults in northern Alabama. The Journal of wildlife management, 49(2), 472-474.
Wightman, P. H., et al. (2025)…
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