Site occupancy, apparent survival, and reproduction of California spotted owls in relation to forest stand characteristics

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1554-1564

  Blakesley, Jennifer A ^a   Noon, Barry R ^a   Anderson, David R ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

California spotted owl; Demography; Forest cover types; Habitat associations; Nest success; Reproduction; Site occupancy; Strix occidentalis occidentalis; Survival

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; HABITAT; SITE INVESTIGATION; STAND STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

STRIGIFORMES; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 32444433712     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)69[1554:SOASAR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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