Stand- and landscape-scale selection of large trees by fishers in the Rocky Mountains of Montana and Idaho

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 305, Issue , 2013, Pages 103-111

  Schwartz, Michael K ^a   DeCesare, Nicholas J ^b,d   Jimenez, Benjamin S ^a,d   Copeland, Jeffrey P ^a,d   Melquist, Wayne E ^c,e  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endangered species; Forest ecology; Habitat selection; Landscape ecology; Martes pennanti; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST ECOLOGY; HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MARTES PENNANTI; THREATENED SPECIES;

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; OCEAN HABITATS;

FORESTRY;

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MUSTELID; RADIOTELEMETRY; SUCCESSION;

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

CALIFORNIA; IDAHO; MONTANA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

MARTES PENNANTI; MUSTELIDAE; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 84879301474     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.05.014     Document Type: Article

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