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- Title
COMPARING EASTERN AND RIO GRANDE WILD TURKEY SURVEY METHODS IN NORTHEAST TEXAS.
- Authors
Crowley, Damon M.; Brennan, Leonard A.; Perotto-Baldivieso, Humberto L.; Kuvlesky Jr., William P.; Ortega-S., J. Alfonso; Wester, David B.; Kolbe, Nicholas R.
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to assess three survey methodologies to test their consistency and precision of relative abundance estimates Wild Turkeys in North Texas. The specific objective of this project was to identify a survey method that provides the most consistent and precise estimated of Wild Turkey relative abundance. To achieve this, we conducted road, roost, and point count surveys for Rio Grande Wild Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo intermedia) on Fort Wolters Training Center near Mineral Wells, TX and Eastern Wild Turkeys (M. g. silvestris) on Camp Maxey Training Center near Paris, TX. Both study sites were surveyed in March of 2017 and February, March, April, and December of 2018, and January, February, and March of 2019, with four to five days allotted to each study site per trip. Our analyses compared survey methods, time of the day (early morning versus late afternoon), and their interaction. Turkey detections were around 1 to 5 turkeys/hour higher for road surveys in both locations (Fort Wolters n = 377; Camp Maxey n = 85) compared to point count (Fort Wolters n = 67; Camp Maxey n = 18) and roost surveys (Fort Wolters n = 45; Camp Maxey n = 13). We found no differences in detection rates in relation to time of day for either study site.
- Subjects
RIO Grande wild turkey; ZOOLOGICAL surveys
- Publication
Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society, 2019, Vol 52, Issue 1/2, p1
- ISSN
0040-4543
- Publication type
Article