Has turkey habitat changed? | #21

Wild Turkey Science

Charlotte Nowak

Science, Natural Sciences

5.0 • 587 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2023

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we discuss the large-scale habitat changes that may have contributed to wild turkey decline, key management strategies that shifted the landscapes, what changes contributed to habitat loss, and what we can do to save the poults moving forward.

Papers:

Barnes, Thomas G., Stephen J. DeMaso, and Matt A. Bahm. "The impact of 3 exotic, invasive grasses in the southeastern United States on wildlife." Wildlife Society Bulletin 37.3 (2013): 497-502.
Carmichael Jr, D. Breck. "The Conservation Reserve Program and wildlife habitat in the southeastern United States." Wildlife Society Bulletin (1997): 773-775.
Martinuzzi, Sebastián, et al. "Scenarios of future land use change around United States' protected areas." Biological Conservation 184 (2015): 446-455.
Napton, Darrell E., et al. "Land changes and their driving forces in the Southeastern United States." Regional Environmental Change 10 (2010): 37-53.
Nowacki, Gregory J., and Marc D. Abrams. "The demise of fire and "mesophication" of forests in the eastern United States." BioScience 58.2 (2008): 123-138.
Griffith, Jerry A., Stephen V. Stehman, and Thomas R. Loveland. "Landscape trends in mid-Atlantic and southeastern United States ecoregions." Environmental Management 32 (2003): 572-588.

Videos:

Dr. Marcus Lashley (DrDisturbance) (Academic Profile)

Dr. Will Gulsby (dr_will_gulsby) (Academic Profile)

Turkeys for Tomorrow (turkeysfortomorrow)

UF DEER Lab (ufdeerlab)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to Wild Turkey Science, a podcast made possible by Turkeys for Tomorrow.
0:14.2	I'm Dr. Marcus Lashley, Professor of Wildlife Ecology at the University of Florida.
0:19.5	And I'm Dr. Will Gulsby, Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Management at Auburn University.
0:26.3	We're both lifelong hunters and devoted scientists who are passionate about hunting,
0:31.0	managing, and researching wild turkeys.
0:33.7	In this podcast, we'll explore turkey research, speak to the experts in the field,
0:38.5	and address the difficult questions related to wild turkey ecology and management.
0:43.8	Our goal is to serve as your connection to wild turkey science.
1:01.2	All right, Will, we're back again, and we got some good stuff today.
1:02.3	We do.
1:03.1	Yeah.
1:11.9	First of all, you know, I've been noticing here lately that we're having a bunch of turkey stories.
1:19.1	And so far, all of those have been about somebody getting a turkey with me.
1:21.1	And I've just, you know, I had a question for you. Does, do you have any stories about people getting turkeys with you?
1:25.6	Yeah.
1:26.5	I do.
1:27.9	As it turns out.
1:29.1	Yeah, yeah.
1:30.2	Well, I know our audience, I've actually gotten, well, I haven't gotten any messages about it.
1:35.9	I'm not going to tell you I did, but I thought it would be funny if I had gotten a bunch of
1:40.5	messages asking me that question, does we'll have any turkey stories because they're all,
1:44.7	oh, Ashley.
	...

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