Wood and wildlife: Benefits of river wood to terrestrial and aquatic vertebrates

American Fisheries Society Symposium

Volumn 2003, Issue 37, 2003, Pages 235-247

  Steel, E Ashley ^a   Richards, William H ^b,d   Kelsey, Kathryn A ^c,e  

^a NW Fisheries Science Center ^*  (United States)

^b Pacific Forest Trust   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Seattle Public Utilities   (United States)

^e Seattle Public Schools   (United States)

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