Quantifying expected ecological response to natural resource legislation: A case study of riparian buffers, aquatic habitat, and trout populations

Ecology and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Jones, Krista L ^a   Poole, Geoffrey C ^a   Meyer, Judy L ^a   Bumback, William ^a   Kramer, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Georgia; Natural resource legislation; Riparian buffer width; Scientific assessment; Sediment; Southern Appalachians; Stream temperature; Trout

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FISH; FORESTRY POLICY; LEGISLATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NATURAL RESOURCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RIPARIAN FOREST; STAKEHOLDER; STREAMWATER; WATER TEMPERATURE;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 33846106359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-01821-110215     Document Type: Article

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