Extirpation and reintroduction of fishers (Martes pennanti) in Oregon: Implications for their conservation in the Pacific states

Biological Conservation

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-90

  Aubry, Keith B ^a   Lewis, Jeffrey C ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Fisher; Genetics; Habitat loss; Martes pennanti; Overtrapping; Status; Translocations

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; MUSTELID; POPULATION DECLINE; REINTRODUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRANSLOCATION;

CALIFORNIA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

MARTES; MARTES PENNANTI; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 0012531103     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(03)00003-X     Document Type: Article

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