Modeling habitat occupancy of orange-crowned warblers in managed forests of Oregon and Washington, USA

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1089-1097

  Kroll, Andrew J ^a   Duke, Steven D ^a   Runde, Douglas E ^a,c   Arnett, Edward B ^b,d   Austin, Kelly A ^a,e  

^a WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

^b WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

^c Weyerhaeuser Company ^*  (United States)

^d BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e CEDAR CREST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial forests; Detection probability; Forest management; Habitat use; Model selection; Occupancy; Orange crowned warbler; Oregon; Vermivora celata; Washington

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; PASSERINE;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

CONIFEROPHYTA; VERMIVORA CELATA;

EID: 53349154138     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-037     Document Type: Article

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