American marten occupancy and activity patterns at the southern extent of their range in the eastern United States.

ABSTRACT: The relatively recent rediscovery of an American marten (Martes americana) population that was reintroduced over 30 years ago in southern Vermont provides an opportunity to investigate the relative importance of other mesocarnivores, and forest stand (e.g., DBH, downed logs, vertical structure) and habitat variables to their presence on the Green Mountain National Forest. Marten are state-listed as an endangered species in Vermont and occur there at the southern extent of their range in the eastern United States. We collected detection data from camera surveys in 5 km² units between 2019 and 2021 (December-April; n = 40 units, 238 cameras). We examined activity patterns and applied an occupancy modeling framework to the detection data to assess the relative importa

SUBMITTER: Ashbrook S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10844684 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature