Habitat selection of American marten in a logged landscape at the southern fringe of the boreal forest

Ecoscience

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 332-342

  Godbout, Guillaume ^a   Ouellet, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

American marten; Clear cuts; Habitat selection; Partial logging; Precommercial thinning; Quebec

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CARNIVORE; CLEARCUTTING; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; LOGGING (TIMBER); SMALL MAMMAL; THINNING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

MARTES AMERICANA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 54249091673     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/15-3-3091     Document Type: Article

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