Habitat use and selection by california spotted owls in a postfire landscape

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1116-1124

  Bond, Monica L ^a   Lee, Derek E ^a   Siegel, Rodney B ^a   Ward Jr , James P ^b  

^a Institute for Bird Populations   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

California spotted owl; fire severity; foraging habitat; forest structure; resource selection function; southern Sierra Nevada; Strix occidentalis; telemetry error

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; BREEDING SEASON; BURNING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST FIRE; HABITAT USE; HERB; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NESTING; PREY AVAILABILITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; RAPTOR; RESOURCE SELECTION; ROOSTING; TERRITORY;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 74549225017     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-248     Document Type: Article

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