This paper deals with the nutritional values of wildlife foods in relation to their utilization. The information contained herein is based on work done by J. R. Beck on wild turkeys of the King Ranch, Texas. The authors wish to express their appreciation to Dr. Ruth Reder and Prof. R. H. Thayer of Oklahoma A. & M. College for their cooperation and assistance in the preparation of this paper. By present methods of evaluation, the foods of upland game birds are ev uated either on a frequency or volumetric basis (Martin, Gensch and Brown, 1946). Such methods are sometimes inadequate for reliable application to wildlife management. The following material is an attempt to eliminate some of the problems involved in food habits research.
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Beck et al. (1955) studied this question.