The role of human hunters and natural predators in shaping the selection of behavioural types in male wild turkeys.

The expression of behaviour can vary both among (i.e. behavioural types (BTs)) and within individuals (i.

Spatial roost networks and resource selection of female wild turkeys.

Wildlife demography is influenced by behavioural decisions, with sleep being a crucial avian behaviour. Avian species use roost sites to minimize thermoregulation costs, predation risk and enhance foraging efficiency. Sleep locations are often reused, forming networks within the home range.

A Rare Case of Emphysematous Gastritis Secondary to Organo-Axial Gastric Volvulus Associated With .

Gastric volvulus is a potentially life-threatening condition that can compromise the blood supply to the stomach predisposing to ischemia, eventually necrosis and cell death associated with gas-forming bacteria. has been associated with emphysematous gastritis also. We report a case of emphysematous gastritis associated with in the setting of organo-axial gastric volvulus.

Bone Anchor Fixation in the Repair of Blunt Traumatic Abdominal Wall Hernias: A Western Trauma Association Multicenter Study.

Background: Blunt traumatic abdominal wall hernias (TAWHs) are rare but require a variety of operative techniques to repair including bone anchor fixation (BAF) when tissue tears off bony structures. This study aimed to provide a descriptive analysis of BAF technique for blunt TAWH repair. Bone anchor fixation and no BAF repairs were compared, hypothesizing increased hernia recurrence with BAF repair.

Male mating season range expansion results from an increase in scale of daily movements for a polygynous-promiscuous bird.

Males of species with promiscuous mating systems are commonly observed to use larger ranges during the mating season relative to non-mating seasons, which is often attributed to a change in movements related to reproductive activities. However, few studies link seasonal range sizes to variation in daily space use patterns to provide insight into the behavioral mechanisms underlying mating season range expansion. We studied 20 GPS-tagged male wild turkeys (), a large upland gamebird, during the mating and summer non-mating seasons to test the hypothesis that larger mating season ranges resulted from male wild turkeys expanding the scale of daily movement activities to locate and court females.