Historical and contemporary distributions of carnivores in forests of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1385-1407

  Zielinski, William J ^a   Truex, Richard L ^a,b   Schlexer, Fredrick V ^a   Campbell, Lori A ^a   Carroll, Carlos ^c  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c Klamath Center for Conservation Research   (United States)

Author keywords

American marten; California; Conservation; Distributions; Fisher; Forest carnivores; Geographic range; Mammalian carnivores

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAMMAL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CARNIVORA; CONIFEROPHYTA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; GULO GULO; MAMMALIA; MARTES AMERICANA; MARTES PENNANTI; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS; METATHERIA; MUSTELINAE; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; SPILOGALE GRACILIS; SPILOGALE PUTORIUS; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXIDIINAE; TAXUS; UROCYON CINEREOARGENTEUS; URSUS AMERICANUS; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 27744567180     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01234.x     Document Type: Review

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