Modeling demographic performance of northern spotted owls relative to forest habitat in Oregon

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1039-1053

  Olson, Gail S ^a   Glenn, Elizabeth M ^a   Anthony, Robert G ^a   Forsman, Eric D ^b   Reid, Janice A ^c   Loschl, Peter J ^b   Ripple, William J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat fitness potential; Habitat modeling; Northern spotted owls; Oregon Coast Range; Population modeling; Strix occidentalis caurina

Indexed keywords

FOREST COVER; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION MODELING; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

STRIGIFORMES; STRIX; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS CAURINA; STRIX VARIA;

EID: 12144262295     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[1039:MDPONS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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