Influence of fire and salvage logging on site occupancy of spotted owls in the San Bernardino and San Jacinto Mountains of Southern California

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1327-1341

  Lee, Derek E ^a   Bond, Monica L ^a   Borchert, Mark I ^b   Tanner, Richard ^c  

^a Wild Nature Institute   (United States)

^b San Bernardino National Forest   (United States)

^c Tanner Environmental Services   (United States)

Author keywords

California spotted owl; fire severity; forest structure; occupancy modeling; population dynamics; Strix occidentalis

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; COLONIZATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DISTURBANCE; EXTINCTION RISK; FIRE; FOREST FIRE; HABITAT; LOGGING (TIMBER); POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; SITE SELECTION; SUBSPECIES; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; SAN BERNARDINO; SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 84883454331     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.581     Document Type: Article

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