Resting habitat selection by fishers in California

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 475-492

  Zielinski, William J ^a   Truex, Richard L ^a,b   Schmidt, Gregory A ^b,d   Schlexer, Fredrick V ^a   Schmidt, Kristin N ^b,e   Barrett, Reginald H ^c  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE STUDIES   (United States)

^e Redwood National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Fisher; Habitat selection; Martes pennanti; Resting sites

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; MAMMAL; RESTING STAGE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ABIES; CONIFEROPHYTA; MAMMALIA; MARTES; MARTES PENNANTI; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; QUERCUS; QUERCUS KELLOGGII; QUERCUS VELUTINA;

EID: 3843146305     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0475:RHSBFI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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