Status of American martens in coastal forests of the Pacific States
Zielinski WJ, Slauson KM, Carroll CR, Kent CJ, Kudrna DG. 2001. Status of American martens in coastal forests of the Pacific States. Journal of Mammalogy. 82(2):478-490
Excerpts from the Abstract: "American martens are associated strongly with mature conifer forests and once occurred throughout the mountains of the coastal Pacific states. We sought to document the distribution of martens in this region using historical records and to understand recent change in their distribution. We described the distribution of martens from 1900 to 1949 using museum and trapping records and compared it to recent (1989-1998) detections at camera and track-plate stations. Martens were detected at only 12 of the 237 survey sample units in coastal California, Oregon, and Washington. Martens are absent from most of the historical range of the Humboldt marten in California and also may have declined on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington. Few data exist from northwestern Oregon and southwestern Washington, but the limited amount of protected public land and absence of reported road kills are reasons for concern for populations in this region. Martens still occur in the central and southern coastal mountains of Oregon." Along with other locations, there are historical records of martens near Smith River, California. Areas of contemporary detections include the Six Rivers National Forest in California and Olympic National Park in Washington.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Zielinski, William; Slauson, Keith; Carroll, Carlos; Kent, Christopher; Kudrna, Donald
- Units
- KLMN , OLYM , REDW
- Keywords
- American marten, American marten (Martes americana), Animal Studies, Coastal forest, Conservation, Distribution, Historical Distribution, Mammals, Martes americana, Status, Wildlife