Are spotted owl populations sustainable in fire-prone forests?

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1-28

  Irwin, Larry L ^a   Fleming, Tracy L ^b   Beebe, John ^c  

^a Natl Cncl Air/Stream Improvement Inc   (United States)

^b Natl Cncl Air Stream Improvement   (United States)

^c WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascade mountains; Late successional forest; Northern spotted owl; Resource selection probability function; Strix occidentalis caurina; Sustainable forests; Wildfire regime

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIRES; FUELS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

FUEL DENSITY; LATE-SUCCESSIONAL RESERVES (LSRS); WILDFIRES;

FORESTRY;

CONSERVATION; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; WILDFIRE;

CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTS; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; FUELS; PRECIPITATION;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ABIES; ABIES GRANDIS; RIPARIA; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS CAURINA;

EID: 10244243753     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J091v18n04_01     Document Type: Article

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