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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Wild Turkey Science episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Wild Turkey Science for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Wild Turkey Science episode by adding your comments to the episode page.
Which plants? | #32
Wild Turkey Science
06/19/23 • 71 min
Marcus and Will recap Dr. Harper’s dense episodes by discussing indicator plants to evaluate success in brood field management.
Resources:
- iNaturalist
- Seek
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses
- Wildlife Food Plots and Early Successional Plants
- GeFellers, James Wade, et al. "Seeding is not always necessary to restore native early successional plant communities." Restoration Ecology 28.6 (2020): 1485-1494.
Dr. Marcus Lashley (DrDisturbance) (Academic Profile)
Dr. Will Gulsby (dr_will_gulsby) (Academic Profile)
Turkeys for Tomorrow (turkeysfortomorrow)
UF DEER Lab (ufdeerlab)
Donate to wild turkey research: UF Turkey Donation Fund , Auburn Turkey Donation Fund
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.
Help us help turkeys by rating this podcast and sharing it with your friends and family.
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Wild turkey populations in PA (Part 2/2) | #26
Wild Turkey Science
05/08/23 • 29 min
PA Game Commission wild turkey biologist Mary Jo Caselena joins us to disclose details on their state’s mark recapture study, population trends, and private landowner incentive programs. Then, a look into the largest conducted, multi-state mid-Atlantic hen population study. This is Part 2 for this episode.
Resources from the episode:
- PA Landowner Programs
- Casalena, M. J., et al. "Understanding the new normal: wild turkeys in a changing northeastern landscape." Proceedings of the National Wild Turkey Symposium. Vol. 11. 2015.
- 5 Environmental Factors that Affect Turkey Populations
- Board of Game Commissioners Meeting January 27, 2023
- Pennsylvania NRCS
- PSU cooperative extension’s county offices
Corrections:
- CREP enrollment is currently 91,739 acres and has not reached maximum acreage in over 10 years.
- Predation rates are influenced by habitat quality (on local and landscape scales), weather, and disease.
Mary Jo Caselena
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Dr. Marcus Lashley (DrDisturbance) (Academic Profile)
Dr. Will Gulsby (dr_will_gulsby) (Academic Profile)
Turkeys for Tomorrow (turkeysfortomorrow)
UF DEER Lab (ufdeerlab)
Donate to wild turkey research: UF Turkey Donation Fund , Auburn Turkey Donation Fund
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.
Help us help turkeys by rating this podcast and sharing it with your friends and family.
Produced and edited by Charlotte Nowak
Has turkey habitat changed? | #21
Wild Turkey Science
04/17/23 • 85 min
In this episode, we discuss the large-scale habitat changes that may have contributed to wild turkey decline, key management strategies that shifted the landscapes, what changes contributed to habitat loss, and what we can do to save the poults moving forward.
Papers:
- Barnes, Thomas G., Stephen J. DeMaso, and Matt A. Bahm. "The impact of 3 exotic, invasive grasses in the southeastern United States on wildlife." Wildlife Society Bulletin 37.3 (2013): 497-502.
- Carmichael Jr, D. Breck. "The Conservation Reserve Program and wildlife habitat in the southeastern United States." Wildlife Society Bulletin (1997): 773-775.
- Martinuzzi, Sebastián, et al. "Scenarios of future land use change around United States’ protected areas." Biological Conservation 184 (2015): 446-455.
- Napton, Darrell E., et al. "Land changes and their driving forces in the Southeastern United States." Regional Environmental Change 10 (2010): 37-53.
- Nowacki, Gregory J., and Marc D. Abrams. "The demise of fire and “mesophication” of forests in the eastern United States." BioScience 58.2 (2008): 123-138.
- Griffith, Jerry A., Stephen V. Stehman, and Thomas R. Loveland. "Landscape trends in mid-Atlantic and southeastern United States ecoregions." Environmental Management 32 (2003): 572-588.
Videos:
- Leaf Traits Affect Fire Behavior in Upland Hardwoods
- How Varying Fire Return Intervals Affect Plant Communities Over Decades
Dr. Marcus Lashley (DrDisturbance) (Academic Profile)
Dr. Will Gulsby (dr_will_gulsby) (Academic Profile)
Turkeys for Tomorrow (turkeysfortomorrow)
UF DEER Lab (ufdeerlab)
Donate to wild turkey research: UF Turkey Donation Fund , Auburn Turkey Donation Fund
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.
Help us help turkeys by rating this podcast and sharing it with your friends and family.
Produced by Charlotte Nowak
I lease land…what about me? | #12
Wild Turkey Science
03/09/23 • 58 min
It’s obvious that we need to do something about poult-rearing cover. What are the opportunities for you to help on land you don’t own? Join Marcus and Will as they discuss what desirable brooding cover looks like, how to achieve it, and how and where our listeners have improved turkey habitat on the places they hunt. This is a bonus episode for the tremendous feedback and questions received related to this topic.
Paper:
Dr. Marcus Lashley (DrDisturbance) (Academic Profile)
Dr. Will Gulsby (dr_will_gulsby) (Academic Profile)
Turkeys for Tomorrow (turkeysfortomorrow)
UF DEER Lab (ufdeerlab)
Donate to wild turkey research: UF Turkey Donation Fund , Auburn Turkey Donation Fund
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.
Help us help turkeys by rating this podcast and sharing it with your friends and family.
Produced by Charlotte Nowak
Turkey predators | #06
Wild Turkey Science
02/06/23 • 97 min
What eats turkeys? Has the predator context changed? We give you a look from the literature, historical writings, discuss underrepresented predators, and breakdown important concepts in predator prey dynamics.
Resources from the episode:
- Chitwood et al. 2020. Raccoon Vigilance and Activity Patterns When Sympatric with Coyotes
- Gulsby et al. 2017 Landscape heterogeneity reduces coyote predation on white-tailed deer fawns
- Kelly et al. 2015. Seasonal and Spatial Variation in Diets of Coyotes in Central Georgia
- Nelson et al. 2022. Fine-scale resource selection and behavioral tradeoffs of eastern wild turkey broods
Donate to wild turkey research: UF Turkey Donation Fund , Auburn Turkey Donation Fund
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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.
Help us help turkeys by rating this podcast and sharing it with your friends and family.
Produced by Charlotte Nowak
Legends of turkey research | #50
Wild Turkey Science
10/23/23 • 96 min
Marcus and Will travel back in time with legendary turkey researchers Dr. Larry Vangilder and Eric Kurzejeski. Join as they discuss the early days of restocking and lessons learned, how hunting regulations changed as populations grew, initial assumptions impacting today’s regulations, challenges they faced as biologists, and thoughts on why we’re seeing declines today.
Dr. Larry Vangilder, Eric W. Kurzejeski
Dr. Marcus Lashley (@DrDisturbance) (Academic Profile)
Dr. Will Gulsby (@dr_will_gulsby) (Academic Profile)
Turkeys for Tomorrow (@turkeysfortomorrow)
UF DEER Lab (@ufdeerlab) (YouTube)
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This podcast is made possible by Turkeys for Tomorrow, a grassroots organization dedicated to the wild turkey. To learn more about TFT, go to
Managing hardwoods: Oak biology | #49
Wild Turkey Science
10/16/23 • 69 min
Will and Marcus launch our hardwoods series by discussing oak masting biology. They review studies assessing acorn production variation across and within oak species, discuss study results of wildlife acorn preference, and provide management tools to increase acorn productivity on your land.
Resources:
- Brooke, J. M., Basinger, P. S., Birckhead, J. L., Lashley, M. A., McCord, J. M., Nanney, J. S., & Harper, C. A. (2019). Effects of fertilization and crown release on white oak (Quercus alba) masting and acorn quality. Forest Ecology and Management, 433, 305-312.
- Boggess, C. M., Strickland, B., Alexander, H. D., & Lashley, M. A. (2019). Mast Seeding in Oaks: A Strategy to Satiate Predators or Strengthen Apparent Competition?. In American Fisheries Society & The Wildlife Society 2019 Joint Annual Conference. AFS.
- Boggess, C. M., Baruzzi, C., Alexander, H. D., Strickland, B. K., & Lashley, M. A. (2022). Exposure to fire affects acorn removal by altering consumer preference. Forest Ecology and Management, 508, 120044.
- Downs, A. A., & McQuilkin, W. E. (1944). Seed production of southern Appalachian oaks. Journal of Forestry, 42(12), 913-920.
- Greenberg, C. H., & Parresol, B. R. (2000). Acorn production characteristics of southern Appalachian oaks: a simple method to predict within-year crop size. Res. Pap. SRS-20. Asheville, NC: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 16 p., 20.
- Lashley, M. A., McCord, J. M., Greenberg, C. H., & Harper, C. A. (2009). Masting characteristics of white oaks: Implications for management. In Proceedings of the Annual Conference Southeast Association Fish and Wildlife Agencies (Vol. 63, pp. 21-26).
- Minser, W. G., Allen, T., Ellsperman, B., Schlarbaum, S. E., & Eversole, A. G. (1995). Feeding response of wild turkeys to chestnuts in comparison with other mast species. In Proceedings of the 49th Annual Meeting of Southeastern Association of Fish Wildlife Agencies, SEAFWA, Nashville, TN (pp. 490-499).
Dr. Marcus Lashley (@DrDisturbance) (Academic Profile)
Dr. Will Gulsby (@dr_will_gulsby) (Academic Profile)
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Lessons from the NE prairie | #47
Wild Turkey Science
10/02/23 • 43 min
While in Nebraska, Marcus and Will discuss the shared challenges they see across states when trying to integrate multiple objectives into working landscapes.
Dr. Marcus Lashley (@DrDisturbance) (Academic Profile)
Dr. Will Gulsby (@dr_will_gulsby) (Academic Profile)
Turkeys for Tomorrow (@turkeysfortomorrow)
UF DEER Lab (@ufdeerlab) (YouTube)
Watch these podcasts on YouTube: Wild Turkey Science YouTube
Donate to wild turkey research: UF Turkey Donation Fund , Auburn Turkey Donation Fund
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.
Help us help turkeys by rating this podcast and sharing it with your friends and family.
Music by Artlist.io
Produced & edited by Charlotte Nowak
What we know about the effects of feeders on wild turkeys | #46
Wild Turkey Science
09/25/23 • 73 min
Marcus and Will dive deeper into the literature surrounding the potential impacts of feeding on wild turkeys. Join as they discuss the data on risks of feeding across species, predation, pathogens, and contaminants and what we can do to mitigate these risks for turkeys moving forward.
Resources:
- Cooper, S. M., & Ginnett, T. F. (2000). Potential effects of supplemental feeding of deer on nest predation. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 660-666.
- Dale, L. L. (2014). Potential for aflatoxicosis in northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) exposed to contaminated grain at feeding stations (Doctoral dissertation, Oklahoma State University).
- Dale, L. L., O'Connell, T. J., & Elmore, D. (2015). Aflatoxins in wildlife feed: Know how to protect wildlife. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service.
- Eckert, K. D., Keiter, D. A., & Beasley, J. C. (2019). Animal visitation to wild pig (Sus scrofa) wallows and implications for disease transmission. Journal of wildlife diseases, 55(2), 488-493.
- Godbois, I. A., Conner, L. M., & Warren, R. J. (2004). Space‐use patterns of bobcats relative to supplemental feeding of northern bobwhites. The Journal of wildlife management, 68(3), 514-518.
- Huang, M. H., Demarais, S., Strickland, B. K., & Brookshire, W. C. (2022). Identifying aflatoxin exposure risk from supplemental feeding of deer. The Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 58(2), 384-388.
- Huang, M. H., Demarais, S., Brookshire, W. C., & Strickland, B. K. (2022). Analysis of supplemental wildlife feeding in Mississippi and environmental gastrointestinal parasite load. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 9, 995437.
- Monson, M. S., Coulombe, R. A., & Reed, K. M. (2015). Aflatoxicosis: Lessons from toxicity and responses to aflatoxin B1 in poultry. Agriculture, 5(3), 742-777.
- Moore, D. L., Henke, S. E., Fedynich, A. M., & Laurenz, J. C. (2019). The effect of aflatoxin on adaptive immune function in birds. Aflatoxins and wildlife, 155-180.
- Murray, M. H., Becker, D. J., Hall, R. J., & Hernandez, S. M. (2016). Wildlife health and supplemental feeding: a review and management recommendations. Biological Conservation, 204, 163-174.
- Pickova, D., Ostry, V., Toman, J., & Malir, F. (2021). Aflatoxins: History, significant milestones, recent data on their toxicity and ways to mitigation. Toxins, 13(6), 399.
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Shooting gobblers: which one, how many, and when? | #38
Wild Turkey Science
07/31/23 • 65 min
Marcus and Will discuss the origins of hypotheses related to timing and intensity of spring harvest and how they may affect reproduction. They also discuss the challenges landowners face when establishing property level harvest decisions.
Resources:
- Isabelle, Jason L., et al. "Considerations for timing of spring wild turkey hunting seasons in the southeastern United States." Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 5 (2018): 106-113.
- The Wild Turkey: Biology & Management
- Kurzejeski, Eric W., and L. D. Vangilder. "Population management." The wild turkey: biology and management. Stackpole Books, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA (1992): 165-184.
- Watts, Charles Robert, "The Social Organization of Wild Turkeys on the Welder Wildlife Refuge, Texas" (1969). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 7423.
- Exum, J. H., et al. "Ecology of the Eastern Wild Turkey in an Intensively Managed Pine Forest in Southern Alabama, vol. 23." Tall Timbers Research Station Bull., Tallahassee, FL, USA (1987).
- Healy, W. M., and S. M. Powell. Wild turkey harvest management: biology, strategies, and techniques. US Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Technical Publication. BTP-R5001-1999, Washington DC, USA, 1999.
Dr. Marcus Lashley (DrDisturbance) (Academic Profile)
Dr. Will Gulsby (dr_will_gulsby) (Academic Profile)
Turkeys for Tomorrow (turkeysfortomorrow)
UF DEER Lab (ufdeerlab)
Donate to wild turkey research: UF Turkey Donation Fund , Auburn Turkey Donation Fund
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.
Help us help turkeys by rating this podcast and sharing it with your friends and family.
Music by Artlist.io
Produced & edited by Charlotte Nowak
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How many episodes does Wild Turkey Science have?
Wild Turkey Science currently has 124 episodes available.
What topics does Wild Turkey Science cover?
The podcast is about Natural Sciences, Podcasts and Science.
What is the most popular episode on Wild Turkey Science?
The episode title 'Legends of turkey research | #50' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Wild Turkey Science?
The average episode length on Wild Turkey Science is 64 minutes.
How often are episodes of Wild Turkey Science released?
Episodes of Wild Turkey Science are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Wild Turkey Science?
The first episode of Wild Turkey Science was released on Jan 20, 2023.
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