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Alan Burger,F. Louise Waterhouse,John Deal,David Lank,David S. Donald
Identifying and mapping suitable nesting habitat within coastal forests is a key element in the recovery and management of the Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus), which is listed as Threatened in Canada. This article reviews the reliability and ...
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Monica Mather,Trudy Chatwin,Jenna Cragg,Linda Sinclair,Douglas Bertram
The Marbled Murrelet is legally listed as a Threatened species in Canada primarily due to loss of nesting habitat. The Marbled Murrelet Nesting Habitat Suitability Model for the British Columbia Coast is a model developed to predict the amount and distri...
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F. Louise Waterhouse,Alan E. Burger,Peter K. Ott,Ann Donaldson,David B. Lank
Accurate and reliable identification of potential nesting habitat is required to manage for the threatened Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus). Three habitat classifications are typically used by wildlife planners: a bivariate suitability algorit...
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Alan E. Burger,F. Louise Waterhouse,Ann Donaldson,Carolyn Whittaker,David B. Lank
This extension note summarizes the application of two new methods that were developed to assess the quality of forest habit that Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus) use for nesting in British Columbia: air photo interpretation and low-level aeri...
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F. Louise Waterhouse,Alan E. Burger,David B. Lank,Peter Ott,Elsie Krebs,Nadine Parker
Identifying and managing nesting habitat for the threatened Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) is difficult because it nests secretively, high in the canopies of large, old conifers of the Pacific Northwest. In British Columbia, low-level survey...
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Alan E. Burger,F. Louise Waterhouse
We review relationships between the area and quality of apparently suitable nesting habitat (as defined by canopy structure) and the population size of Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus) which such habitat might support. This information is imp...
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F. Louise Waterhouse,Ann Donaldson,David B. Lank,Peter Ott,Elsie Krebs
Reliable habitat assessment methods are needed to ensure the adequate management of Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) habitat in British Columbia. In two south coastal study regions, the Sunshine Coast and Clayoquot Sound, we evaluated the effe...
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