Predictive modeling and spatial mapping of fish distributions in small streams of the Canadian Rocky Mountain foothills

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 319-333

  McCleary, Richard J ^a,b   Hassan, Marwan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Foothills Model Forest   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GIS; HABITAT SELECTION; MAPPING METHOD; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; SALMONID; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PISCES; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS CONFLUENTUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 39749188765     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F07-161     Document Type: Article

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