Comparison of proposed survey procedures for detection of forest carnivores

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1217-1226

  Foresman, Kerry R ^a   Pearson, D E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cameras; Fisher; Forest carnivores; Marten; Martes americana; Martes pennanti; Montana; Survey methods; Track plates

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; DETECTION METHOD; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SURVEY DESIGN; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

GULO GULO; LYNX; LYNX LYNX; MARTES AMERICANA; MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0031752738     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3801985     Document Type: Article

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