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A High Severity Fire in a Southern California Forest does not Adversely Affect Carnivore Species

2016 Research Brief

Description

This ambitious four-year study assessed fire effects on the diversity of ten carnivore species and frequency of the three most common carnivore species after a 5670- ha fire in 2007.


Contact

Jon E. Keeley, jon_keeley@usgs.gov 

Marti Witter, marti_witter@nps.gov 

Liz van Mantgem, evanmantgem@usgs.gov

Additional Information

Borchert, M.I. 2012. Mammalian carnivore use of a highseverity burn in conifer forests in the San Bernardino mountains of Southern California, USA. Italian Journal of Mammalogy (Hystrix) 23: 50-56.