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An Online Wild Turkey Population Dynamics Model
Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2002 |
Authors: | Brooks, EN, Alpizar-Jara, R, Pollock, KH, Steffen, DE, Pack, JC, Norman, GW |
Journal: | Wildlife Society Bulletin |
Volume: | 30 |
Issue: | 1 |
Date Published: | 2002 |
ISBN Number: | 00917648 |
Keywords: | Columba, Columba palumbus, Columbidae, Meleagris, Meleagris gallopavo, Phasianidae |
Abstract: | Distributing and supporting wildlife modeling software is difficult and expensive, and can be burdensome to the user who tries to install and run it. We developed a population dynamics model for the eastern wild turkey (Meleagris galapavo) that requires only access to the Internet. Users can select either a deterministic or a stochastic version of the model. Model output provides projections of population size and harvest at the start of spring and fall, and information about population growth rate and age/sex structure. This should enable managers to address questions related to setting seasonal harvest levels, and also to compare various strategies to rehabilitate declining populations. |
URL: | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3784633 |
Short Title: | Wildlife Society Bulletin |
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith