Which vital rates are most important to turkey populations? | #13
Wild Turkey Science
Charlotte Nowak
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🗓️ 13 March 2023
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
What does the available wild turkey research tell us and what gaps need to be filled moving forward? Dr. Chitwood walks us through 50+ years of published literature on eastern wild turkey vital rates. They literally incorporated all of the vital rates published on easterns into a model, to determine the status of population trajectories, and identify which factor was most important in driving those trajectories. This is the first release of the only known, all-inclusive meta-analysis on the wild turkey, so tune in, it is powerful. If you're thinking nesting or brooding success…think again.
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Dr. Colter Chitwood (Academic Profile)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Wild Turkey Science, a podcast made possible by Turkeys for Tomorrow. |
| 0:14.5 | 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. |
| 0:26.2 | We're both lifelong hunters and devoted scientists who are passionate about hunting, managing, |
| 0:31.6 | and researching wild turkeys. |
| 0:33.5 | In this podcast, we'll explore turkey research, speak to the experts in the field, |
| 0:38.6 | 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. |
| 0:53.7 | So we're here today with Coulter Chitwood. Coulter, appreciate you joining us. |
| 0:58.7 | Coulter is an assistant professor in the Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management at Oklahoma State University. |
| 1:06.0 | Coulter, we're glad to have you on. |
| 1:07.6 | And I noticed that he has exactly two more turkey fans in his background |
| 1:12.5 | Marcus than either of either of us yeah well I've got the padded room remember that's right |
| 1:18.4 | he's still leaning on that my off camera though oh yeah the rest are off camera |
| 1:24.9 | could you move the camera just I'm just'm just kidding. Don't do that, but is it intimidating you will? |
| 1:32.3 | That's what I need to know. |
| 1:34.3 | This is actually what the fans look like. |
| 1:41.3 | Retrocese. |
| 1:42.3 | Yeah. |
| 1:43.3 | Yeah. And those are Montana. Those are, well, one might be Washington, but they're Western fans. Yeah. |
| 1:48.6 | Yeah. I'm a little bit disappointed. You don't have any Fort Bragg fans on display. |
| 1:53.6 | Well, the one's off camera. One of them is Fort Bragg. Yeah. Yeah. |
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