An assessment of fisher (Pekania pennanti) tolerance to forest management intensity on the landscape

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 310, Issue , 2013, Pages 821-826

  Zielinski, William J ^a   Thompson, Craig M ^a   Purcell, Kathryn L ^a   Garner, James D ^a  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Fire; Fisher; Forestry; Fuel management; Pekania pennanti

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; FISHER; FUEL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; HABITAT CONNECTIVITY; MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES; PEKANIA PENNANTI; SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; HARDWOODS; RESTORATION; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLEARCUTTING; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FUEL; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; LANDSCAPE; MUSTELID; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; THINNING; TIMBER HARVESTING; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARDWOODS; RESTORATION;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 84888128510     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.09.028     Document Type: Article

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