Reproduction, abundance, and population growth for a fisher (Pekania pennanti) population in the Sierra National Forest, California

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 772-790

  Sweitzer, Rick A ^a   Popescu, Viorel D ^b,c   Barrett, Reginald H ^d   Purcell, Kathryn L ^e   Thompson, Craig M ^e  

^a Great Basin Institute   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

density; fecundity; fisher; lambda; mark resight; Martes; Pekania pennanti; reproduction

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOTELEMETRY; CAPTURE METHOD; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; FECUNDITY; MUSTELID; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; SURVIVAL;

CALIFORNIA; OREGON; SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MARTES;

EID: 84944043685     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyv083     Document Type: Article

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