Status and ecology of Mexican spotted owls in the Upper Gila Mountains Recovery Unit, Arizona and New Mexico
By: Joseph L. Ganey, James P. Ward, Jr., David W. Willey
Contributors: Ward, James P.; Willey, David (David William); Rocky Mountain Research Station (Fort Collins, Colo.)
Series: General technical report RMRS -- GTR-256WWW; General technical report RMRS -- GTR-256WWW.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Fort Collins, CO
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 94
Subjects: Mexican spotted owl; Ecology
Description: This report summarizes current knowledge on the status and ecology of the Mexican spotted owl within the Upper Gila Mountains Recovery Unit (UGM RU). It was written at the request of U.S. Forest Service personnel involved in the Four Forests Restoration Initiative (4FRI), a collaborative, landscape-scale restoration effort covering approximately 2.4 million ac (1 million ha) across all or part of four National Forests (Apache-Sitgreaves, Coconino, Kaibab, and Tonto National Forests) located within the UGM RU. The UGM RU supports >50% of the known population of Mexican spotted owls, and the central location of the UGM RU within the overall range of the owl appears to facilitate gene flow throughout that range. Consequently, the UGM population is viewed as important to stability within the overall range of the owl, and management that impacts owls within the UGM RU could affect owl populations beyond that RU.
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