Regional variation in home-range-scale habitat models for fisher (Martes pennanti) in California

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2195-2213

  Davis, Frank W ^a   Seo, Changwan ^a,c   Zielinski, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c University of Seoul   (South Korea)

Author keywords

California, USA; Fisher; Forest carnivore; Generalized additive model (GAM); GIS; Habitat model; Martes pennanti; Receiver Operating Characteristic, ROC

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HOME RANGE; ISOLATED POPULATION; LANDSAT; MUSTELID; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODELING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

MARTES PENNANTI;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MUSTELIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 39349098589     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1484.1     Document Type: Article

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