Estimating trend in occupancy for the southern Sierra fisher Martes pennanti population

Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-19

  Zielinski, William J ^a   Baldwin, James A ^a   Truex, Richard L ^b   Tucker, Jody M ^b   Flebbe, Patricia A ^b  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Fisher; Martes pennanti; Monitoring; Occupancy; Population estimation; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873119126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1944687X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3996/012012-JFWM-002     Document Type: Article

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