Chapter 5: Spatially explicit estimates of potential nesting habitat for the marbled murrelet

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW

Volumn , Issue 650, 2006, Pages 97-146

  Raphael, Martin G ^a   Galleher, Beth M ^a   Huff, Mark H ^b   Miller, Sherri L ^c   Nelson, S Kim ^d   Young, Richard D ^e  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; NESTING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION; VEGETATION COVER;

BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 33748761928     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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