Patterns of Natural and Human-Caused Mortality Factors of a Rare Forest Carnivore, the Fisher (Pekania pennanti) in California.

Wildlife populations of conservation concern are limited in distribution, population size and persistence by various factors, including mortality. The fisher (Pekania pennanti), a North American mid-sized carnivore whose range in the western Pacific United States has retracted considerably in the pa...

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Main Authors: Mourad W Gabriel, Leslie W Woods, Greta M Wengert, Nicole Stephenson, J Mark Higley, Craig Thompson, Sean M Matthews, Rick A Sweitzer, Kathryn Purcell, Reginald H Barrett, Stefan M Keller, Patricia Gaffney, Megan Jones, Robert Poppenga, Janet E Foley, Richard N Brown, Deana L Clifford, Benjamin N Sacks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4633177?pdf=render