Resting Site Characteristics of American Marten in the Northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan

摘要: Abstract American marten are associated with forests that characteristically late successional, closed canopy, and diverse in structure; these attributes meet their habitat requirements provide resting sites. However, the small populations of Michigan's Northern Lower Peninsula face modern conditions fragmented considerably altered from presettlement environments. Resting site structures required components used daily protection predation inclement weather but may be limiting require active management to preserve. We identified characteristics Manistee National Forest May 2011 December 2013. Twenty-five (15 male 10 female) were monitored identify 522 unique structures; tree cavities (n = 255, 48.9%), branches 162, 31%), nests 90, 17.2%) most commonly observed. During summer (April–September) marten...