More-comprehensive recovery actions for northern spotted owls in dry forests: Reply to spies et al.: Comment

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 334-337

  Hanson, Chad T ^a   Odion, Dennis C ^c,d   Dellasala, Dominick A ^e   Baker, William L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e National Center for Conservation Science and Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRIGIFORMES; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS CAURINA;

EID: 74549197727     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01415.x     Document Type: Note

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