THE EFFECT OF SELECTED CLIMATIC VARIABLES ON WILD TURKEY PRODUCTIVITY
Abstract Net reproductive success of Rio Grande wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo intermedia) was monitored yearly between the months of June and August from 1968 through 1977 on 2 study locations in south Texas by way of repetitive road transect counts. Rainfall and temperature data were compiled fr...
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| description | Abstract Net reproductive success of Rio Grande wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo intermedia) was monitored yearly between the months of June and August from 1968 through 1977 on 2 study locations in south Texas by way of repetitive road transect counts. Rainfall and temperature data were compiled from U.S. Climatological Records and soil moisture data were calculated from these parameters. Between‐year turkey production fluctuated from 0‐576 poults per 100 hens on the Santa Gertrudis area near Kingsville and from 8‐443 on the Encino area near Falfurrias. The maximum R2 determination indicated that 97.3% of the variability in annual rate of turkey productivity on Santa Gertrudis was explainable by a model composed of soil moisture storage the previous August, combined total precipitation for the previous September and October, and total precipitation for the current March. Similarly, 98.3% of this variability on Encino was explainable by a model composed of combined total precipitation for the previous August and September, soil moisture storage in the previous September, and soil moisture storage in the current May. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-453330d7acbb4465addf8cc2d6e78f7d2025-08-20T03:07:23ZengWileyWildlife Society Bulletin2328-55401980-01-011980S112713510.1002/j.2328-5540.1980.tb00127.xTHE EFFECT OF SELECTED CLIMATIC VARIABLES ON WILD TURKEY PRODUCTIVITYSamuel L. Beasom0Oliver H. Pattee1Department of Wildlife and Fisheries SciencesTexas A&M UniversityCollege StationTX77843Department of Wildlife and Fisheries SciencesTexas A&M UniversityCollege StationTX77843Abstract Net reproductive success of Rio Grande wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo intermedia) was monitored yearly between the months of June and August from 1968 through 1977 on 2 study locations in south Texas by way of repetitive road transect counts. Rainfall and temperature data were compiled from U.S. Climatological Records and soil moisture data were calculated from these parameters. Between‐year turkey production fluctuated from 0‐576 poults per 100 hens on the Santa Gertrudis area near Kingsville and from 8‐443 on the Encino area near Falfurrias. The maximum R2 determination indicated that 97.3% of the variability in annual rate of turkey productivity on Santa Gertrudis was explainable by a model composed of soil moisture storage the previous August, combined total precipitation for the previous September and October, and total precipitation for the current March. Similarly, 98.3% of this variability on Encino was explainable by a model composed of combined total precipitation for the previous August and September, soil moisture storage in the previous September, and soil moisture storage in the current May.https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2328-5540.1980.tb00127.x |
| spellingShingle | Samuel L. Beasom Oliver H. Pattee THE EFFECT OF SELECTED CLIMATIC VARIABLES ON WILD TURKEY PRODUCTIVITY Wildlife Society Bulletin |
| title | THE EFFECT OF SELECTED CLIMATIC VARIABLES ON WILD TURKEY PRODUCTIVITY |
| title_full | THE EFFECT OF SELECTED CLIMATIC VARIABLES ON WILD TURKEY PRODUCTIVITY |
| title_fullStr | THE EFFECT OF SELECTED CLIMATIC VARIABLES ON WILD TURKEY PRODUCTIVITY |
| title_full_unstemmed | THE EFFECT OF SELECTED CLIMATIC VARIABLES ON WILD TURKEY PRODUCTIVITY |
| title_short | THE EFFECT OF SELECTED CLIMATIC VARIABLES ON WILD TURKEY PRODUCTIVITY |
| title_sort | effect of selected climatic variables on wild turkey productivity |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2328-5540.1980.tb00127.x |
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