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Habitat Selection of Female Rio Grande Wild Turkey Influenced by Vegetation and Anthropogenic Structures
Rangeland Ecology & Management ( IF 2.3 ) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 , DOI: 10.1016/j.rama.2023.08.001
Allison R. Carl , David W. Londe , R. Dwayne Elmore , Samuel D. Fuhlendorf , Craig A. Davis

The Rio Grande wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo intermedia) is a popular game species throughout the southcentral United States. It has experienced recent population declines in some areas of its distribution, though the cause is not clear. To better understand Rio Grande wild turkey (hereafter, turkey) ecology and inform management, we attached Global Positioning System transmitters to 34 females in 2016 and 2017. We evaluated habitat selection at both the second-order (landscape) and third-order (home range) scale for the breeding season and second-order selection for the nonbreeding season. Our resource selection function (RSF) models evaluated vegetation, management, and anthropogenic development including oil and gas infrastructure and roads. We found that turkey space use was strongly associated with tall woody cover at both the landscape and home range scale during breeding season and at the landscape scale during nonbreeding season. Additionally, turkey space use was negatively related to the density of oil/gas wells at both scales during the breeding season and at the landscape scale during the nonbreeding season. Turkeys also selected areas close to roads at the landscape scale but avoided high traffic roads within their home ranges during the breeding season. Turkey also chose areas that were >24 mo post fire and close to water sources during the breeding season at both scales. Although turkeys exhibited consistent habitat selection patterns throughout the year relative to trees and oil and gas, our results suggest that their habitat requirements in western Oklahoma are seasonally variable. Management for the Rio Grande subspecies of turkey should maintain tree cover that provides roosting and loafing cover, as well as consider the potential negative impacts of oil and gas infrastructure when locating future energy development.



中文翻译:

植被和人为结构对雌性格兰德野火鸡生境选择的影响

格兰德河野生火鸡(Meleagris gallopavo intermedia)是整个美国中南部流行的游戏物种。最近,其分布的某些地区的人口出现了下降,但原因尚不清楚。为了更好地了解格兰德河野生火鸡(以下简称火鸡)生态并为管理提供信息,我们于 2016 年和 2017 年为 34 只雌性火鸡安装了全球定位系统发射器。我们从二级(景观)和三级(家中)评估了栖息地选择。范围)繁殖季节规模和非繁殖季节二级选择。我们的资源选择函数 (RSF) 模型评估了植被、管理和人为开发,包括石油和天然气基础设施和道路。我们发现,火鸡的空间利用与繁殖季节景观和饲养场规模以及非繁殖季节景观规模的高木质覆盖密切相关。此外,火鸡的空间利用与繁殖季节尺度和非繁殖季节景观尺度的油气井密度呈负相关。火鸡还会在景观尺度上选择靠近道路的区域,但在繁殖季节避开其栖息地内的交通繁忙的道路。土耳其还选择了火灾后超过 24 个月且在繁殖季节靠近水源的区域。尽管火鸡全年表现出与树木、石油和天然气相关的一致的栖息地选择模式,我们的结果表明,它们在俄克拉荷马州西部的栖息地要求随季节变化。对火鸡格兰德河亚种的管理应保持树木覆盖,以提供栖息和游荡的覆盖,并在确定未来能源开发时考虑石油和天然气基础设施的潜在负面影响。

更新日期:2023-09-17
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