Modeling foraging habitat of California spotted owls

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1183-1191

  Irwin, Larry L ^a   Clark, Laurie A ^a   Rock, Dennis C ^a   Rock, Suzanne L ^b  

^a NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^b Entrix   (United States)

Author keywords

California spotted owl; Discrete choice model; Foraging; Managed forests; Radiotelemetry; Resource selection function; Strix occidentalis occidentalis

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FEEDING GROUND; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH MODELING; HABITAT SELECTION; HARVESTING; MIXED FOREST; RADIOTELEMETRY; RAPTOR; TELEMETRY;

ABIES; ABIES CONCOLOR; ABIES GRANDIS; ABIES MAGNIFICA; PINUS PONDEROSA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 53949107691     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-122     Document Type: Article

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