Managing hardwoods: Oak biology | #49
Wild Turkey Science
Charlotte Nowak
5.0 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2023
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Will and Marcus launch our hardwoods series by discussing oak masting biology. They review studies assessing acorn production variation across and within oak species, discuss study results of wildlife acorn preference, and provide management tools to increase acorn productivity on your land.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Wild Turkey Science, a podcast made possible by Turkeys for Tomorrow. |
| 0:14.1 | I'm Dr. Marcus Lashley, Professor of Wildlife Ecology at the University of Florida. |
| 0:20.3 | And I'm Dr. Will Gulsby, Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Management at Auburn University. |
| 0:26.1 | We're both lifelong hunters and devoted scientists who are passionate about hunting, |
| 0:30.8 | managing, and researching wild turkeys. |
| 0:33.5 | In this podcast, we'll explore turkey research, speak to the experts in the field, and address the difficult questions related to wild turkey ecology and management. |
| 0:43.4 | Our goal is to serve as your connection to wild turkey science. |
| 0:53.4 | You know, the little pouch on the front of your waiters |
| 0:56.2 | I bet that'll hold some corn for you if you want to throw it in there |
| 1:01.1 | I don't know if it's in the regs or not what makes you think it doesn't already have some remnants from last time in it |
| 1:09.0 | yeah but that corn man that that's got to be aflatoxin heavy. |
| 1:13.2 | Decreases the fish bite, you know. |
| 1:17.6 | Inducing aflatoxicosis and trout streams. |
| 1:22.5 | Oh, man. |
| 1:24.2 | Actually, I just found a paper on that. |
| 1:26.1 | Let me see. |
| 1:28.2 | All right. |
| 1:28.9 | So what are we talking about today? |
| 1:31.6 | What, indeed. |
| 1:32.9 | Well, it's not trout fishing. |
| 1:34.9 | No. |
| 1:36.2 | Well, we were talking about trout fishing, but now we're talking about hardwoods. |
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