In this episode, we discuss our recent paper quantifying turkey abundance, highlighting the Florida Wildlife Corridor and exploring how this project preserves turkey habitat amidst increasing development pressures. Paper will be linked as soon as it is released.
Resources:
Citizen science for turkeys (Ep 119) https://youtu.be/LEbFvaRhNKA
Scale of management for turkeys (Ep 156) https://youtu.be/2vIRBfFt-ls
Restoring the functionally extinct American Chestnut (Ep 157) https://youtu.be/ENrL86_i06g
eBird https://ebird.org/home
Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation https://floridawildlifecorridor.org/
FWC Summer Brood Survey https://myfwc.com/hunting/turkey/brood-survey/
iNaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/
Merlin Bird ID https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/
Snapshot USA https://www.snapshot-usa.org/
Our lab is primarily funded by donations. If you would like to help support our work, please donate here: http://UFgive.to/UFGameLab
We've launched a comprehensive online wild turkey course featuring experts across multiple institutions that specialize in habitat management and population management for wild turkeys. Earn up to 20.5 CFE hours! Enroll Now!
Dr. Marcus Lashley @DrDisturbance, Publications
Dr. Will Gulsby @dr_will_gulsby, Publications
Turkeys for Tomorrow @turkeysfortomorrow
UF Game Lab @ufgamelab, YouTube
Donate to our wild turkey research: UF Turkey Donation Fund , Auburn Turkey Donation Fund
Want to help wild turkey conservation? Please take our quick survey to take part in our research!
Do you have a topic you'd like us to cover? Leave us a review or send us an email at wildturkeyscience@gmail.com!
Watch these podcasts on YouTube
Please help us by taking our (quick) listener survey - Thank you!
Check out the DrDisturbance YouTube channel! DrDisturbance YouTube
Want to help support the podcast? Our friends at Grounded Brand have an option to donate directly to Wild Turkey Science at checkout. Thank you in advance for your support!
Leave a podcast rating for a chance to win free gear!
This podcast is made possible by Turkeys for Tomorrow, a grassroots organization dedicated to the wild turkey. To learn more about TFT, go to turkeysfortomorrow.org.
Music by Artlist.io
Produced & edited by Charlotte Nowak
