Winter habitat associations of American martens Martes americana in interior wet-belt forests

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-61

  Mowat, Garth ^a,b  

^a Aurora Wildlife Research   (Canada)

^b Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Canada; Habitat selection; Martes americana; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

MARTES AMERICANA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 33645577230     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2006)12[51:WHAOAM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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