Red-tree vole habitat suitability modeling: Implications for conservation and management

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 626-634

  Dunk, Jeffrey R ^a,b   Hawley, Jennifer J V G ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arborimus; Douglas fir forest; Northwest Forest Plan; Predictive habitat model; Red tree vole; Reserve

Indexed keywords

ARBORIMUS; DOUGLAS-FIR FOREST; NORTHWEST FOREST PLAN; PREDICTIVE HABITAT MODEL; RED-TREE VOLE; RESERVE;

FORESTRY; OCEAN HABITATS; QUALITY CONTROL;

ECOLOGY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HABITAT QUALITY; NATURE CONSERVATION; NATURE RESERVE; RODENT;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PLANNING; PSEUDOTSUGA; QUALITY CONTROL; RESERVES; TREES;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

ARBORIMUS; ARBORIMUS LONGICAUDUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; MURIDAE; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 67650290337     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.04.041     Document Type: Article

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