Wild turkey-road interactions on a Virginia national forest

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dc.contributor.authorMcDougal, Leigh Annen
dc.contributor.departmentFisheries and Wildlife Sciencesen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:33:44Zen
dc.date.adate2009-04-14en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:33:44Zen
dc.date.issued1990en
dc.date.rdate2009-04-14en
dc.date.sdate2009-04-14en
dc.description.abstractI studied wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) movements and range use in response to roads and vehicular road use on the George Washington National Forest, Virginia. Radio-equipped wild turkeys used areas within 150 m of state roads less than expected and areas > 450m from ail roads greater than expected. Turkeys were observed to cross state roads only in locations where the roads were bordered by woods or fields less than 80 m wide. Seasonal habitat preferences, rather than vehicular road use levels, seemed to dictate turkey use of the area surrounding Forest Service roads. Revegetated Forest Service roads were preferred habitat in the spring and summer. Turkey mortality was not closely related to road type or road use levels.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentvii, 73 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-04142009-040609en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04142009-040609/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/42078en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1990.M426.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 24090071en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1990.M426en
dc.subject.lcshTurkeys -- Research -- George Washington National Forest (Va and W Va)en
dc.titleWild turkey-road interactions on a Virginia national foresten
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineFisheries and Wildlife Sciencesen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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