Forest ecosystem restoration: Initial response of spotted owls to partial harvesting

摘要: Abstract Conservation planning for spotted owls (Strix occidentalis) hinges upon retaining late-successional and old-growth forests. This strategy is to be supplemented over time by creating structural conditions found in such forests using innovative silviculture less well-developed Recent research indicates that often hunt prey or may nest relatively young mid-seral forest stands were thinned partially harvested previous decades, but little information has been available evaluate short-term direct responses (