Using presence-absence data to build and test spatial habitat models for the fisher in the Klamath region, U.S.A.

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1344-1359

  Carroll, Carlos ^a,c   Zielinski, William J ^a   Noss, Reed F ^b  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Conservation Science Inc ^*  (United States)

^c Klamath Center for Conservation Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; MUSTELID; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

UNITED STATES;

MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0032755996     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.98364.x     Document Type: Article

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