Historical and contemporary distributions of carnivores in forests of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA

Bill Zielinski; Richard L Truex; Ric Schlexer; Lori Campbell; Carlos Caroll

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Historical and contemporary distributions of carnivores in forests of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA

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Authors:

Bill Zielinski, Richard L Truex, Ric Schlexer, Lori Campbell, Carlos Caroll

Year:

2005

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

Journal of Biogeography 32: 1385-1407

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Abstract

Malammalian carnivores are considered particularly sensitive indicators of environmental change. Information on the distribution of carnivores from the early 1900s provides a unique opportunity to evaluate changes in their distributions over a 75-year period during which the influence of human uses of forest resources in California greatly increased. We present information on the distributions of forest carnivores in the context of two of the most significant changes in the Sierra Nevada during this period: the expansion of human settlement and the reduction in mature forests by timber harvest.

Keywords

American marten, California, conservation, distributions, fisher, forest carnivores, geographic range, mammalian carnivores, 4251, rwu-4251

Citation

Zielinski, William J; Truex, Richard L; Schlexer, Fredrick V.; Campbell, Lori A.; Caroll, Carlos. 2005. Historical and contemporary distributions of carnivores in forests of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA. Journal of Biogeography 32: 1385-1407