Reproduction, recruitment, and dispersal of fishers (Martes pennanti) in a managed Douglas-fir forest in California

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 100-108

  Matthews, Sean M ^a   Higley, J Mark ^b   Rennie, Kerry M ^b   Green, Rebecca E ^b   Goddard, Charles A ^b   Wengert, Greta M ^c   Gabriel, Mourad W ^c   Fuller, Todd K ^d  

^a Wildlife Conservation Society   (United States)

^b Wildlife Department   (United States)

^c Integral Ecology Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

dispersal; fisher; Martes pennanti; recruitment; reproductive rates; vital rates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEN; FECUNDITY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FOOD PROVISIONING; HOME RANGE; JUVENILE; LITTER SIZE; MUSTELID; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RADIOTELEMETRY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; TRANSLOCATION; WEANING;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874061403     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/11-MAMM-A-386.1     Document Type: Article

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