Wild Turkey Science - Thanksgiving Special | #203

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English - November 20, 2023 12:00 - 44 minutes - 60.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 103 ratings
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Marcus and Will kick off the holiday season by reviewing a newly published predator-prey diet selection study, discussing fall diets for turkeys during poor oak masting years, and touching upon the American tradition of fall turkey hunting.

Resources

Youngmann, et al. (2023). Assessing springtime vertebrate prey of sympatric mesopredators in the southeastern United States using metabarcoding analysis. Plos one, 18(10), e0293270.

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