Home range characteristics of fishers in California

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 649-657

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

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Six Rivers National Forest   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Forest Serv Pac Southwest Region   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE STUDIES   (United States)

^f Redwood National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Fisher; Home range; Martes pennanti

Indexed keywords

HABITAT TYPE; HOME RANGE; MUSTELID; RANGE SIZE;

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

ABIES; ABIES CONCOLOR; ABIES GRANDIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; MARTES; MARTES PENNANTI; MUSTELIDAE; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; QUERCUS; QUERCUS KELLOGGII; QUERCUS VELUTINA;

EID: 4344704872     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/BOS-126     Document Type: Article

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