Marten space use and habitat selection in managed coniferous boreal forests of eastern Canada

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 749-760

  Cheveau, Marianne ^a,b   Imbeau, Louis ^a   Drapeau, Pierre ^a   Belanger, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

American marten; body condition; boreal forest; Canada; forest management; fragmentation; Martes americana; mixedwood forests; resource selection; space use

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BOREAL; FEMALE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; LANDSCAPE; RESOURCE SELECTION; RETENTION; SMALL MAMMAL; SPACE USE; TIMBER HARVESTING;

CONIFEROPHYTA; MARTES AMERICANA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 84876367949     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.511     Document Type: Article

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