Mar 17, 2025
Will leads us on another deep dive, this time focused
on roosting behavior. Join as we journey through the available
literature on roost site habitat preferences, roosting behavior,
factors influencing roost site selection, roosting patterns, roost
site fidelity, and the impact of habitat quality on their
movements.
Resources:
Adey, E. A., et
al. (2023). Seasonal roost selection of wild turkeys at their
northern range edge. Wildlife Biology, 2024(1), e01133.
Byrne, M. E., et
al. (2015). Potential density dependence in wild turkey
productivity in the southeastern United States. In Proceedings of
the National Wild Turkey Symposium (Vol. 11, pp.
329-351).
Chamberlain,
M.J., B.D. Leopold, and L.W. Burger. 2000. Characteristics of roost
sites of adult wild turkey females. Journal of Wildlife Management
64:1025-1032.
Exum, J. H., et al. (1987). Ecology of the wild turkey in an
intensively managed pine forest in southern Alabama. Tall Timbers
Res. Sta. Bull, (23).
Fleming,
W.H., and E.G. Webb. 1974. Home range, dispersal and habitat
utilization of eastem wild turkey gobblers during the breeding
season. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastem
Association of Game and Fish Commissioners 28:623-632.
Gross, J. T., et
al. (2015). Movements of wild turkey hunters during spring in
Louisiana. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and
Wildlife Agencies, 2(127), 130.
Kilpatrick,
H. J., Husband, T. P., & Pringle, C. A. (1988). Winter roost site
characteristics of eastern wild turkeys. The Journal of Wildlife
Management, 461-463.
Kimmel, F. G., &
Zwank, P. J. (1985). Habitat selection and nesting responses to
spring flooding by eastern wild turkey hens in Louisiana. In
Proceedings of the National Wild Turkey Symposium (Vol. 5, pp.
155-171).
Mosby, H. S., & Handley, C. O. (1943). The wild turkey in Virginia:
its status, life history and management.
Sasmal, I., et
al. (2018). Eastern wild turkey roost-site selection in a
fire-maintained longleaf pine ecosystem. Southeastern Naturalist,
17(3), 371-380.
Smith, W.P.,
and R.D. Teitelbaum (1986). Habitat use by eastern wild turkey hens
in south‐eastern Louisiana. In Proc Annu Conf Southeast Assoc Fish
Wildl Agencies (Vol. 40, pp. 405-415).
Smith, D.R., G.A.
Hurst, J.D.Burk, B.D. Leopold, and M.A. Melchiors. 1990. Use of
loblolly pine plantations by wild turkey hens in east central
Mississippi. Proceedings of the National Wild Turkey Symposium
6:61-66.
Wakefield, C. T., et al. (2020). Hunting and nesting phenology
influence gobbling of wild turkeys. The Journal of Wildlife
Management, 84(3), 448-457.
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