Cover of tall trees best predicts California spotted owl habitat

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 405, Issue , 2017, Pages 166-178

  North, Malcolm P ^a,i   Kane, Jonathan T ^b   Kane, Van R ^b   Asner, Gregory P ^c   Berigan, William ^d   Churchill, Derek J ^b   Conway, Scott ^e   Gutierrez R J ^d,f   Jeronimo, Sean ^b   Keane, John ^a   Koltunov, Alexander ^e,i   Mark, Tina ^g   Moskal, Monika ^b   Munton, Thomas ^h   Peery, Zachary ^d   Ramirez, Carlos ^e   Sollmann, Rahel ⁱ   White, Angela M ^a   Whitmore, Sheila ^d  

^a USFS Pacifc Southwest Research Station   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e US Forest Service Region 5 Remote Sensing Laboratory   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g Tahoe National Forest   (United States)

^h USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy cover; Fire suppression; Forest gaps; Mixed conifer

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

CALIFORNIA SPOTTED OWLS; CANOPY COVER; CANOPY STRUCTURE; CANOPY TREES; DRY FORESTS; FIRE SUPPRESSION; FOREST GAPS; MIXED-CONIFER; PROTECTED ACTIVITY CENTERS; TREE COVER;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DRY FOREST; FOREST COVER; FOREST FIRE; GAP DYNAMICS; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; HOME RANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MIXED FOREST; RAPTOR; STAND STRUCTURE;

FIRES; FOREST CANOPY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 85029579030     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.09.019     Document Type: Article

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