TY - JOUR
T1 - Survival and Cause-Specific Mortality of Merriam's Wild Turkeys in the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
AU - Peyton, Mark A.
AU - Kindschuh, Sarah R.
AU - Bernal, Lance J.
AU - Parmenter, Robert R.
AU - Gipson, Philip S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014.
PY - 2014/8/1
Y1 - 2014/8/1
N2 - Merriam's Wild Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo merriami) is a species of interest for managers and is considered economically valuable through wildlife viewing and hunting. We captured, radio-marked, and monitored 49 turkeys (27 males, 22 females) over a 3-year period (2008-2011) in the Valles Caldera National Preserve, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico. Annual Kaplan-Meier survival estimates varied among years (range 0.33-0.80). Lowest seasonal survival of 0.42 (SE 0.14) occurred during winter 2010 (1 Dec 2009-31 Mar 2010). We observed 20 fatalities of the 49 monitored turkeys. Predation by bobcats (Lynx rufus) and pumas (Puma concolor) accounted for 60% (n = 12) of losses. Hunter harvest (20%), vehicle collision (5%), disease (5%), and unknown causes (10%) accounted for the remaining losses.
AB - Merriam's Wild Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo merriami) is a species of interest for managers and is considered economically valuable through wildlife viewing and hunting. We captured, radio-marked, and monitored 49 turkeys (27 males, 22 females) over a 3-year period (2008-2011) in the Valles Caldera National Preserve, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico. Annual Kaplan-Meier survival estimates varied among years (range 0.33-0.80). Lowest seasonal survival of 0.42 (SE 0.14) occurred during winter 2010 (1 Dec 2009-31 Mar 2010). We observed 20 fatalities of the 49 monitored turkeys. Predation by bobcats (Lynx rufus) and pumas (Puma concolor) accounted for 60% (n = 12) of losses. Hunter harvest (20%), vehicle collision (5%), disease (5%), and unknown causes (10%) accounted for the remaining losses.
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U2 - 10.3398/064.074.0211
DO - 10.3398/064.074.0211
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84939543690
SN - 1527-0904
VL - 74
SP - 236
EP - 240
JO - Western North American Naturalist
JF - Western North American Naturalist
IS - 2
ER -