Occupancy of California Spotted Owl sites following a large fire in the Sierra Nevada, California

Condor

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 228-236

  Lee, Derek E ^a   Bond, Monica L ^a  

^a Wild Nature Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

California Spotted Owl; forest fire; Occupancy; Strix occidentalis occidentalis

Indexed keywords

AVES; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 84928882168     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/CONDOR-14-155.1     Document Type: Article

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