Home-Range Characteristics and Habitat Use by American Martens in Eastern Newfoundland

Gosse, John W.; Cox, Rodney J.; Avery, Shawn W.

doi:10.1644/1545-1542(2005)86[1156:hcahub]2.0.co;2

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“…Farrell et al (1995) had detections (evidence based on camera pictures or tracks) at 19 of 58 (33%) stations in the Umpqua National Forest, southwestern Oregon, during winter 1994-1995, much lower than our 63% detection rate, although they had detections over a lower range of elevations (732-1,868 m). Martens typically avoid large, open expanses (e.g., resulting from clearcuts or stand-replacing fires), but such areas may be traversed or serve as sink habitat and become increasingly used about 15 years post-disturbance (Soutiere 1979, Slough 1989, Paragi et al 1996, Gosse et al 2005. We had detections of martens at 3 of 4 stations contained within the area of B & B Complex burns (36,733 ha between Mt.…”

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Genetic and Photographic Detections Document Sierra Nevada Red Fox in the Northern Cascades of Oregon

Hiller

McFadden-Hiller²,

Sacks³

2015

Northwest Science

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Genetic and Photographic Detections Document Sierra Nevada Red Fox in the Northern Cascades of Oregon

Hiller

McFadden-Hiller²,

Sacks³

2015

Northwest Science

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“…persal increases (Thompson and Colgan 1987, Fredrickson 1990, Gosse et al 2005. Proportionally, the eastern study region data included more years when marten harvest was low across both regions, potentially weakening our ability to detect relationships between trapper success and patch size in the eastern study region.…”

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Evaluating the relationship between trapper harvest of American martens (Martes americana) and the quantity and spatial configuration of habitat in the boreal forests of Ontario, Canada

LandriaultLynn

NaylorBrian

MillsStephen³

et al. 2012

The Forestry Chronicle

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We investigated the relationship between trapper harvest of martens (Martes americana) and the quantity and spatial configuration of marten habitat on traplines in the eastern and western boreal forests of Ontario. We used region-specific habitat models to estimate the total amount of suitable marten habitat on each trapline, and the proportion of each trapline identified as suitable habitat in various patch size classes. To control for variability in trapper success not associated with habitat, we included an index of trapper effort, as well as variables related to access, temperature, and precipitation as covariates in our regression analyses. Region-specific habitat models identified a positive relationship between the proportion of suitable marten habitat on traplines (irrespective of patch size) and trapper success. Although there did not appear to be an effect of patch size on trapper success in the eastern study region, we observed an effect in the western region. Results from the western study region suggest that traplines with suitable habitat in patches ≥500 ha will have higher trapper success than traplines with similar proportions of suitable habitat but distributed in smaller patches. Our study was conducted in a forested landscape (80% of trapline area was forested). Therefore, our findings should not be applied to areas where suitable marten habitat lies in a matrix comprised of a significant amount of non-forested area.Key words: American marten, boreal forest, fragmentation, marten habitat, Martes americana, patch size, spatial configuration, trapper harvest, trapping RÉSUMÉ Nous avons étudié la relation entre le nombre de martres (Martes americana) piégées et le nombre d'habitats de la martre ainsi que leur configuration spatiale le long de lignes de trappage dans les forêts boréales l' est et de l' ouest de l'Ontario. Nous avons utilisé des modèles d'habitat spécifiques aux régions afin d' estimer le nombre total d'habitats adéquats de la martre le long de chaque ligne de trappage, ainsi que la proportion de chaque ligne de trappage identifiée comme étant adéquate selon différentes classes de dimension des parcelles. Afin de prendre en considération la variabilité du succès du trappage non associée à l'habitat, nous avons inclus un indice de l' effort du trappeur, ainsi que des variables reliées à l'accessibilité, la température et les précipitations en tant que covariables dans les analyses de régression. Les modèles d'habitat spécifique aux régions ont relevé une relation positive entre la proportion d'habitat adéquat de la martre le long des lignes de trappage (sans relation avec la dimension des parcelles) et le succès du trappeur. Même s'il ne semble pas y avoir d' effet de la dimension de la parcelle au niveau du succès du trappeur dans la région orientale sous étude, nous avons observé un effet dans la région occidentale. Les résultats de la région occidentale sous étude indiquent que les lignes de trappage dans les habitats adéquats constitués de parcelles ≥500 ha afficheront u...

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“…There was no age difference between martens trapped live in the mature forests and those trapped in the burn, and marten foraging intensity was greatest in the recently burned area . Conversely, another study found martens avoided stands of boreal forests burned from 2 to 20 years prior (Gosse et al, 2005), but the study did not quantify or describe burn severity nor specify whether the burned forest was logged. Larger cousins to the marten, fisher (Martes pennanti or Pekania pennanti) are rare mesocarnivores associated with dense, mature, boreal and mixed conifer-hardwood forests of North America (Powell and Zielinski, 1994).…”

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Mammals and Mixed- and High-severity Fire

Bond

2015

The Ecological Importance of Mixed-Severity Fires

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Home-Range Characteristics and Habitat Use by American Martens in Eastern Newfoundland

Cited by 23 publications

References 31 publications

Genetic and Photographic Detections Document Sierra Nevada Red Fox in the Northern Cascades of Oregon

Genetic and Photographic Detections Document Sierra Nevada Red Fox in the Northern Cascades of Oregon

Evaluating the relationship between trapper harvest of American martens (Martes americana) and the quantity and spatial configuration of habitat in the boreal forests of Ontario, Canada

Mammals and Mixed- and High-severity Fire

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