Seasonal resource selection of Canada lynx in managed forests of the northern Rocky Mountains

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1648-1660

  Squires, John R ^a   Decesare, Nicholas J ^b   Kolbe, Jay A ^c   Ruggiero, Leonard F ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c Montana Fish   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada lynx; ecological scale; forest management; habitat selection; logistic regression; Lynx canadensis; Montana; resource selection

Indexed keywords

CLEARCUTTING; FELID; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; LOGISTICS; OVERSTORY; PATCHINESS; RADIOTELEMETRY; RESOURCE SELECTION; SAPLING;

MONTANA; NORTH CAROLINA; ROCKY MOUNT; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; LEPUS AMERICANUS; LYNX; LYNX CANADENSIS; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII;

EID: 78149424403     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2009-184     Document Type: Article

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