Effects of fire on spotted owl site occupancy in a late-successional forest

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 610-619

  Roberts, Susan L ^a   van Wagtendonk, Jan W ^a   Miles, A Keith ^b   Kelt, Douglas A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Late successional forest species; Occupancy model; Population density; Spotted owl; Yosemite National Park

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MONTANE FOREST; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION DENSITY; RANGE SIZE; RAPTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE; SUCCESSION; WOODY DEBRIS;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK;

STRIGIFORMES; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 78751573018     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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