Home Ranges Of Female Rio Grande Turkeys (Meleagris Gallopavo Intermedia) In Southern Texas

Authors

• Eric Reyes Ramirez, Texas A&M University–Kingsville
• Megan C. Clayton, Texas A&M University–KingsvilleFollow
• Cody W. Lawson, Texas A&M University–Kingsville
• Stephen M. Burns, Texas A&M University–Kingsville
• Rafael Guarneros-Altimirano, Texas A&M University–Kingsville
• Stephen J. Demaso, Wildlife Division, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
• William P. Kuvlesky Jr., Texas A&M University–KingsvilleFollow
• David G. Hewitt, Texas A&M University–KingsvilleFollow
• J. Alfonso Ortega-Santos, Texas A&M University–KingsvilleFollow
• Tyler A. Campbell, Texas A&M University–KingsvilleFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

6-2012

Citation

The Southwestern Naturalist 57(2): 198–201.

Abstract

We captured and placed radio transmitters on 27, 37, and 51 female Rio Grande turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo intermedia) on the Encino, Norias, and Laureles divisions of King Ranch, respectively, in Brooks, Kenedy, and Kleberg counties, Texas. Mean annual sizes of home ranges were 838–5,867 ha, which were larger than most individual holdings of private property in Texas. Conservation plans should take this into consideration.