Marten

American marten (Martes americana) are a species that we have studied in a number of ways over the years.

In the winters of 2015 and 2016, JPRF collared ~20 marten with high-fix rate GPS collars. These collars provided valuable insights to marten habitat use, especially in relation to forest management.

In the summer of 2015, an undergraduate student Caroline Seip conducted a project to observe marten use of constructed coarse woody debris corridors.

More recently, in 2023, David Breault used hair and nail samples from marten and other mesocarnivores to observe their dietary overlap.

Marten on the move.

This clip shows 6 weeks of marten movements

Collaborators

  • A man with a beard and a cap smiling while sitting on a boat under a blue sky with scattered clouds.

    Dr. Shannon Crowley

    JPRF

  • A man wearing a light-colored baseball cap and a green jacket, smiling outdoors with trees in the background.

    Dexter Hodder

    JPRF

  • A man smiling outdoors in a forested area, wearing a green North Face cap and a navy fleece jacket.

    Dr. Chris Johnson

    UNBC

An American marten in the snow.

Publications

Funding provided by

  • Logo of Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation with a circular design of water and green grass.

  • The logo of the John Prince Research Forest features a mountain, a pine tree, a wolf, and a bear encircled by interlocking cross symbols, with the organization's name around the border.