Habitat selection by northern spotted owls in mixed-coniferous forests

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 200-213

  Irwin, Larry L ^a   Rock, Dennis F ^a   Rock, Suzanne C ^a  

^a NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

discrete choice; habitat selection; mixed coniferous forests; northern spotted owl; resource selection function; risk assessment; RSF; Strix occidentalis caurina

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; CONIFEROUS TREE; DIAMETER; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST INVENTORY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT SELECTION; MIXED FOREST; NEST SITE; PROBABILITY; RAPTOR; RESOURCE SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILVICULTURE; UNDERSTORY;

CALIFORNIA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84255187376     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.218     Document Type: Article

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