Fish assemblage responses to forest cover

Environmental Management

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 336-346

  Burcher, Chris L ^a   McTammany, Matthew E ^b   Benfield, E Fred ^a   Helfman, Gene S ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Forest; Land use; Riparian zone; Stream; Threshold

Indexed keywords

FOREST COVER; RIPARIAN ZONE;

BIODIVERSITY; FISH; LAND USE; WATERSHEDS;

REFORESTATION;

CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISCAL POLICY; FOREST COVER; REFORESTATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FISH; FOREST; HABITAT; HERBIVORE; NONHUMAN; REFORESTATION; REPRODUCTION; STREAM (RIVER); TAXONOMY; WATERSHED;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FISHES; TREES;

BIODIVERSITY; FISHES; LAND USE; REFORESTATION;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 39149090025     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-007-9049-3     Document Type: Article

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