Modeling nesting habitat selection of California spotted owls (Strix occidentalis occidentalis) in the central Sierra Nevada using standard forest inventory metrics

Forest Science

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 773-780

  Bond, Monica L ^a   Seamans, Mark E ^a   Gutierrez R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

California spotted owl; Forest Inventory and Analysis; Model selection; Sierra Nevada; Strix occidentalis occidentalis

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; MANAGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

HABITATS; INVENTORY METRICS; NESTING-HABITAT MODEL; OWLS;

FORESTRY;

ESTIMATION; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TREES;

STRIGIFORMES; STRIX; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 13944281439     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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