Management of the spotted owl: A case history in conservation biology

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 27, Issue , 1996, Pages 135-162

  Noon, Barry R ^a   McKelvey, Kevin S ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

conservation biology; endangered species; forest management; northern spnrted owl; population dynamics; Strix occldentalis

Indexed keywords

STRIGIFORMES; STRIX; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS CAURINA;

CONSERVATION STRATEGY; INTERAGENCY SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE;

USA, CALIFORNIA; USA, OREGON;

EID: 0030304984     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.27.1.135     Document Type: Article

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