Influence of beaver dam density on riparian areas and riparian birds in shrubsteppe of Wyoming

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 365-373

  Cooke, Hilary A ^a,b   Zack, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaver dams; Beaver reintroduction; Emergent vegetation; Ponds; Riparian birds; Riparian habitat; Riparian width; Shrubsteppe; Waterfowl; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

ANATIDAE; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; AVES; CASTOR CANADENSIS; CASTORIDAE;

EID: 54149103850     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/1527-0904(2008)68[365:IOBDDO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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