Northern spotted owl habitat models for research and management application in Calfornia (USA)

Ecological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1027-1040

  Zabel, Cynthia J ^a   Dunk, Jeffrey R ^a,b   Stauffer, Howard B ^a,b   Roberts, Lynn M ^c   Mulder, Barry S ^d   Wright, Adrienne ^a,e  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^d US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Akaike's information criterion, AIC; Bayesian posterior probability; Correct classification analysis; Habitat associations; Klamath Province (California, USA); National forests; Northern California (USA); Northern Spotted Owl; Owl habitat

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HABITAT; NESTING; RAPTOR; ROOSTING;

CALIFORNIA;

RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS CAURINA;

EID: 0348159970     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-5084     Document Type: Article

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