Scale of management for turkeys | Ep 156

In this episode, we discuss how management scale and arrangement influence turkey behavior and productivity. Resources: Chitwood, M. C., et al. (2015). Do biological and bedsite characteristics influence survival of neonatal white-tailed deer?. PloS one, 10(3), e0119070. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/art... Day, M. S. (2024). Factors impacting gobbling chronology and activity of male wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) in Alabama (Master's thesis). https://etd.auburn.edu/bitstream/hand... Where my gobbles at? | Ep 111    • Where my gobbles at? | Ep 111   Managing for gobbling habitat | Ep 112    • Managing for gobbling habitat | Ep 112   Managing nesting & brooding cover | Ep 137    • Managing nesting & brooding cover | Ep 137   Decreases in hen survival may explain declines | Ep 153    • Decreases in hen survival may explain decl...   Our lab is primarily funded by donations. If you would like to help support our work, please donate here: http://UFgive.to/UFGameLab Thank you in advance for your support! We’ve launched our second online wild turkey course ! Enroll in Wild Turkey Manager: Biology, History & Habitat to learn about the principal biology, mating, behavior, food selection, human dimensions, hunter interactions, and historical context of wild turkeys. This course is accredited by the Society of American Foresters as a Category 2 course worth 7 Continuing Forestry Education credits. Participants can also earn up to 5 CEUs in Category I of The Wildlife Society’s Certified Wildlife Biologist Program. Enroll now: https://tinyurl.com/WildTurkeyManagerBio Be sure to check out our first comprehensive online wild turkey course featuring experts across multiple institutions that specialize in habitat management and population management for wild turkeys. Earn up to 20.5 CFE hours! Enroll Now: https://tinyurl.com/WildTurkeyManager Want to help wild turkey conservation? Please take our quick survey to take part in our research: https://tinyurl.com/wildturkeymanagement Please help us by taking our (quick) listener survey - Thank you! https://tinyurl.com/WTSListenerSurvey Wild Turkey Science Podcast: https://tinyurl.com/WTSPlaylistYT Do you have a topic you’d like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected]! Dr. Marcus Lashley @DrDisturbance   / drdisturbance   Dr. Will Gulsby @dr_will_gulsby   / dr_will_gulsby   UF Game Lab @UFGameLab   / ufgamelab   Turkeys for Tomorrow @turkeysfortomorrow   / turkeysfortomorrow   This podcast is made possible by Turkeys for Tomorrow, a grassroots organization dedicated to the wild turkey. To learn more about TFT, go to turkeysfortomorrow.org.