Population Ecology for Dummies | #110

Wild Turkey Science

Charlotte Nowak

Natural Sciences, Science

5.0 • 587 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Colter Chitwood is back on to break down the unique population dynamics of the wild turkey. Join as we explore which vital rates are significant to turkey population trajectories, impacts of boom bust cycles on reproductive success, the interplay between reproductive parameters and hen survival, why high reproduction rates may not compensate for low hen survival, what this all means for wild turkey management.

Resources:

Bieber, C., & Ruf, T. (2005). Population dynamics in wild boar Sus scrofa: ecology, elasticity of growth rate and implications for the management of pulsed resource consumers. Journal of Applied Ecology, 42(6), 1203-1213.

Keller, B. J., et al. (2015). A review of vital rates and cause‐specific mortality of elk C ervus elaphus populations in eastern N orth A merica. Mammal Review, 45(3), 146-159.

Londe, David W., et al. "Review of range‐wide vital rates quantifies eastern wild Turkey population trajectory." Ecology and Evolution 13.2 (2023): e9830.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Wild Turkey Science, a podcast made possible by Turkeys for Tomorrow.
0:14.0	I'm Dr. Marcus Lashley, Professor of Wildlife Ecology at the University of Florida.
0:20.2	And I'm Dr. Will Gulsby, Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Management at Auburn University.
0:26.0	We're both lifelong hunters and devoted scientists who are passionate about hunting,
0:30.7	managing, and researching wild turkeys.
0:33.4	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.
0:43.6	Our goal is to serve as your connection to wild turkey science.
0:53.5	I feel like we just missed an opportunity to record like an hour of phenomenal content.
1:00.6	Because we were supposed to click the record button an hour ago, but we've been catching up talking about lots of really good turkey stuff.
1:09.5	Well, at least the 15 minutes of technical troubles over here on my end didn't get
1:15.7	recorded because that was kind of a nightmare.
1:18.1	Yeah.
1:18.4	Thanks again, Charlotte.
1:19.8	Yeah.
1:20.6	All you have to do is click the little button, or church it was.
1:23.3	No.
1:24.3	Click on the link.
1:25.3	It's supposed to work.
1:26.1	Yeah.
1:26.5	Well, not today.
1:27.4	It didn't. Yeah. Well, not today. It didn't.
1:27.9	Yes.
	...

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