MICROHABITAT USE BY MERRIAM'S TURKEY BROODS IN WESTCENTRAL IDAHO
Abstract: We hypothesized that foraging and security requirements narrowly define suitable brood habitat for Merriam's turkey (Meleagris gallopavo merriami). We sampled microhabitat characteristics at 33 Merriam's turkey brood and paired dependent sites in westcentral Idaho during 1992 and...
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| description | Abstract: We hypothesized that foraging and security requirements narrowly define suitable brood habitat for Merriam's turkey (Meleagris gallopavo merriami). We sampled microhabitat characteristics at 33 Merriam's turkey brood and paired dependent sites in westcentral Idaho during 1992 and 1993. Broods used microhabitat associated with invertebrate presence (73%), abundant ground cover (x¯ = 92 ± 1.1%, range = 77‐100%) consisting primarily of herbaceous vegetation (x¯ = 54%), and moderate visual obstruction (x¯ = 22 ± 1.8 cm [8.6 ± 0.7 in], range = 7–51 [3–20]). All but 1 brood site contained canopy cover (x¯ = 28 ± 3.2%, range = 0–73) by overstory trees (x¯ = 461 ± 102 trees/ha [187 ± 41 trees/ac], range = 0–2,025 [0‐820]), which we incidentally observed poults using for escape cover. Microhabitats with abundant ground cover by moderately dense herbaceous vegetation and sparse overstory canopy cover apparently provided suitable foraging and security conditions for Merriam's turkey broods. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e32448806cac41b7a6d3059310e7bce82025-08-20T03:07:23ZengWileyWildlife Society Bulletin2328-55402000-01-012000S19310010.1002/j.2328-5540.2000.tb00258.xMICROHABITAT USE BY MERRIAM'S TURKEY BROODS IN WESTCENTRAL IDAHOFrank B. Edelmann0Kerry P. Reese1Pete Zager2Department of Fish and Wildlife ResourcesUniversity of IdahoMoscowID83844USADepartment of Fish and Wildlife ResourcesUniversity of IdahoMoscowID83844USAIdaho Department of Fish and Game1540 Warner Ave.LewistonID83501USAAbstract: We hypothesized that foraging and security requirements narrowly define suitable brood habitat for Merriam's turkey (Meleagris gallopavo merriami). We sampled microhabitat characteristics at 33 Merriam's turkey brood and paired dependent sites in westcentral Idaho during 1992 and 1993. Broods used microhabitat associated with invertebrate presence (73%), abundant ground cover (x¯ = 92 ± 1.1%, range = 77‐100%) consisting primarily of herbaceous vegetation (x¯ = 54%), and moderate visual obstruction (x¯ = 22 ± 1.8 cm [8.6 ± 0.7 in], range = 7–51 [3–20]). All but 1 brood site contained canopy cover (x¯ = 28 ± 3.2%, range = 0–73) by overstory trees (x¯ = 461 ± 102 trees/ha [187 ± 41 trees/ac], range = 0–2,025 [0‐820]), which we incidentally observed poults using for escape cover. Microhabitats with abundant ground cover by moderately dense herbaceous vegetation and sparse overstory canopy cover apparently provided suitable foraging and security conditions for Merriam's turkey broods.https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2328-5540.2000.tb00258.xbrood habitatIdahoMeleagris gallopavo merriamiMerriam's turkeymicrohabitat selection |
| spellingShingle | Frank B. Edelmann Kerry P. Reese Pete Zager MICROHABITAT USE BY MERRIAM'S TURKEY BROODS IN WESTCENTRAL IDAHO Wildlife Society Bulletin brood habitat Idaho Meleagris gallopavo merriami Merriam's turkey microhabitat selection |
| title | MICROHABITAT USE BY MERRIAM'S TURKEY BROODS IN WESTCENTRAL IDAHO |
| title_full | MICROHABITAT USE BY MERRIAM'S TURKEY BROODS IN WESTCENTRAL IDAHO |
| title_fullStr | MICROHABITAT USE BY MERRIAM'S TURKEY BROODS IN WESTCENTRAL IDAHO |
| title_full_unstemmed | MICROHABITAT USE BY MERRIAM'S TURKEY BROODS IN WESTCENTRAL IDAHO |
| title_short | MICROHABITAT USE BY MERRIAM'S TURKEY BROODS IN WESTCENTRAL IDAHO |
| title_sort | microhabitat use by merriam s turkey broods in westcentral idaho |
| topic | brood habitat Idaho Meleagris gallopavo merriami Merriam's turkey microhabitat selection |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2328-5540.2000.tb00258.x |
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