Landscape models to predict the influence of forest structure on tassel-eared squirrel populations

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 723-731

  Prather, John W ^a   Dodd, Norris L ^b   Dickson, Brett G ^c,d   Hampton, Haydee M ^a   Xu, Yaguang ^a   Aumack, Ethan N ^a   Sisk, Thomas D ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

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

^d ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Akaike's Information Criterion; Arizona; Density; Forest structure; Information theory; Recruitment; Sciurus aberti; Spatial modeling; Tassel eared squirrel

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENT; SPATIAL DATA; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARIZONA; FLAGSTAFF; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS PONDEROSA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS ABERTI;

EID: 33746354639     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[723:LMTPTI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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