COMPARATIVE SURVIVAL AND REPRODUCTION OF SYMPATRIC EASTERN AND RIO GRANDE WILD TURKEY FEMALES IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA

Abstract: Rio Grande wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo intermedia) were introduced into northeastern South Dakota in the early 1970s, flourished until the mid 1980s, and then declined to <200 remnant birds by 1996. Once indigenous to southeastern South Dakota, the eastern subspecies (M. g. silves...

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Published in:	Wildlife Society Bulletin
Main Authors:	Chad P. Lehman, Lester D. Flake, Anthony P. Leif, Roger D. Shields
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2000-01-01
Subjects:	eastern Meleagris gallopavo intermedia Meleagris gallopavo silvestris mortality nest success radiotelemetry
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2328-5540.2000.tb00262.x