Eastern wild turkey nest site selection in two frequently burned pine savannas

Ecological Processes

Table 1 Variables and scales considered important to Eastern wild turkey nest site selection

This research was conducted in two pine savannas (Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center and Silver Lake Wildlife Management Area) located in southwestern Georgia, USA, 2011–2013
^aInformation-theoretic approach was used to evaluate each larger landscape variable at multiple spatial scales (i.e., 40-, 80-, 120-, 160-, and 200-m radii). The spatial scale for each landscape variable was selected using Akaike’s information criterion (AIC) adjusted for small sample size (AICc). In cases where multiple models for a landscape variable had AICc scores <2.0 units from each other, we selected the scale that corresponded closely to Conley et al.’s (2015) maximum value (≤3 ha) suggested for future turkey nest site selection studies resulting in the selection of the 80-m scale