Short-term effects of fuel treatments on fisher habitat in the Sierra Nevada, California

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 293, Issue , 2013, Pages 85-91

  Truex, Richard L ^a   Zielinski, William J ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Fisher; Fuel treatment; Habitat; Martes pennanti; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

FISHER; FUEL TREATMENTS; HABITAT; MARTES PENNANTI; SIERRA NEVADA;

FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; FORESTRY; FUELS; LAND USE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; FEEDING GROUND; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FUEL; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT RESTORATION; HARVESTING; HOME RANGE; LAND MANAGEMENT; MUSTELID; PRESCRIBED BURNING; VEGETATION COVER; VULNERABILITY; WILDFIRE;

ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FORESTRY; FUELS; HAZARDS; LAND USE;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 84873121467     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.12.035     Document Type: Article

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