Research Catalog

Title

Wild turkey harvest management : biology, strategies, and techniques / William M. Healy and Shawn Powell.

Author

Healy, William Martin.

Publication

Sheperdstown, WV (Rt. 1, Box 166, Sheperdstown 25443) : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, [2000]

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Additional Authors

Powell, Shawn M.

Description

iv, 96 pages : illustrations; 28 cm

Summary

This project began in 1993 with a request from the Northeast Wildlife Administrators Association to the Northeast Wild Turkey Technical Committee "to identify the minimum set of information needed to properly manage wild turkey populations and facilitate state standardization of methods and protocols for data collection within the region." The Technical Committee is composed of the wild turkey project leaders from the northeastern United States and the Province of Ontario. The Wildlife Administrators represent state and provincial agencies with authority for managing wildlife.-- p.2.

Series Statement

Biological technical publication ; BTP-R5001-1999

Uniform Title

Biological technical publication ; BTP-R 5001.

Subject

• Wild turkey > Counting
• Upland game bird management
• Turkey hunting

Note

• Shipping list no.: 2000-0246-P.
• "April 2000"--P. [4] of cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 64-71).

Contents

Section 1: Introduction: -- Chapter 1: Background and goals -- Section 2: Biology: -- Chapter 2: Life history -- Chapter 3: Population dynamics and models: -- Turkey population models -- Parameters used in population models -- Conclusions: Evaluation of parameters -- Section 3: Harvesting Strategies: -- Chapter 4: Spring gobblers-only harvest: -- Hunting regulations -- Decision variables and regulatory procedures -- Additional comments about decision variables -- Chapter 5: Spring gobbler harvest with limited either-sex fall harvest: -- Fall hunting regulations -- Decision variables and regulatory procedures -- Chapter 6: Maximize combined spring and fall harvests -- Section 4: Techniques: -- Chapter 7: Introduction to population estimation: -- Why measure abundance? -- Census, estimate, and index -- Scales of abundance -- Parameters, techniques, and tools -- Population index, density index, and production index -- Assumptions -- Bias, accuracy, precision, and sample size -- Observability and sampling -- Selection of an abundance estimation method -- Chapter 8: Population census: Direct winter counts: -- Background and prior use of the technique -- Assumptions -- Advantages -- Disadvantages -- Design, standardization, and quality control -- Cost and manpower requirements -- Conclusion and recommendations -- Chapter 9: Population index: Harvest data: -- Background and prior use of the technique -- Classes of removal methods -- Assumptions -- Advantages -- Disadvantages -- Design, standardization, and quality control -- Cost and manpower requirements -- Conclusion and recommendations -- Chapter 10: Population index: Brood surveys: -- Assumptions -- Sources of variation -- Other approaches -- Design and standardization -- Chapter 11: Population index: Reports from hunters: -- Background and prior use of the technique -- Assumptions -- Advantages -- Disadvantages -- Design, standardization, and quality control -- Cost and manpower requirements -- Conclusion and recommendations -- Chapter 12: Population index: Gobbling counts -- Assumptions -- Advantages -- Disadvantages -- Design, standardization, and quality control -- Cost and manpower requirements -- Chapter 13: Population estimate: Mark-recapture -- Prior use of the technique -- Assumptions -- Advantages -- Disadvantages -- Design, standardization, and quality control -- Cost and manpower requirements -- Conclusion and recommendations -- Literature cited -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C.

LCCN

00326155

OCLC

• ocm44676265
• 44676265
• SCSB-1228183

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library