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CASE STUDY 4: RISK ASSESSMENT METHODS IN ANIMAL POPULATIONS: THE NORTHERN SPOTTED OWL AS AN EXAMPLE
Pages 301-301

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... Fish and Wildlife Service This paper described an analysis of northern spotted owl population dynamics performed to support ongoing studies of the impacts of clear-cutting of old-growth forest on the prospects for future survival of this endangered species (Salwasser, 1986)
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