Discrete-choice modeling in wildlife studies exemplified by northern spotted owl nighttime habitat selection

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 375-383

  McDonald, Trent L ^a   Manly, Bryan F J ^a,b   Nielson, Ryan M ^a   Diller, Lowell V ^c  

^a West Incorporated   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Green Diamond Resource Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging; Managed forest; RSF; Strix occidentalis caurina; Telemetry; Timber harvest

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

STRIGIFORMES; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS CAURINA;

EID: 33646690084     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[375:DMIWSE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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