Nest Site Characteristics of Eastern Wild Turkeys in Central Ontario

Linh P. Nguyen; Josef Hamr; Glenn H. Parker

doi:10.1656/1092-6194(2004)011[0255:NSCOEW]2.0.CO;2

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Linh P. Nguyen,^*,**,*** Josef Hamr,^**** Glenn H. Parker^*

^*Department of Biology, Laurentian University, Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON, P3E 2C6 Canada
^**Current address - Watershed Ecosystems Graduate Program, Trent University, 1600 West Bank Drive, Peterborough, ON, K9J 7B8 Canada
^****Corresponding author - linhnguyen@trentu.ca
^****Northern Environmental Heritage Institute, Cambrian College of Applied Arts and Technology, 1400 Barrydowne Road, Sudbury, ON, P3A 3V8 Canada

Abstract

We studied nest site selection by Eastern Wild Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) to compare successful and unsuccessful nests at the northern edge of the species' range in central Ontario during 2000. Six of 16 (38%) nests that we studied were successful. Successful nest sites had greater percent vertical obstruction than unsuccessful nest sites. However, both percent vertical and horizontal obstructions were the best predictors of nest success, suggesting that no single set of habitat characteristics may offer protection from a diverse predator community.

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Linh P. Nguyen, Josef Hamr, and Glenn H. Parker "Nest Site Characteristics of Eastern Wild Turkeys in Central Ontario," Northeastern Naturalist 11(3), 255-260, (1 September 2004). https://doi.org/10.1656/1092-6194(2004)011[0255:NSCOEW]2.0.CO;2

Published: 1 September 2004

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