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Survival of fishers in the southern Sierra Nevada region of California

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Sweitzer, Richard A., Thompson, Craig M., Green, Rebecca E., Barrett, Reginald H., Purcell, Kathryn L. (2016): Survival of fishers in the southern Sierra Nevada region of California. Journal of Mammalogy 97 (1): 274-286, DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyv177, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyv177

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