Forecasting relative impacts of land use on anadromous fish habitat to guide conservation planning

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 467-482

  Lohse, Kathleen A ^a,e   Newburn, David A ^b   Opperman, Jeff J ^c,d   Merenlender, Adina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation targeting; Ecological thresholds; Exurhan development; Forecasting land use change; Oncorhynchus spp.; Russian River, California; Salmonid spawning habitat; Urban sprawl; Watershed risks

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; FORECASTING METHOD; LAND USE CHANGE; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SALMONID; SPAWNING; VINEYARD; WATER QUALITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; RUSSIAN RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS; SALMONIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORECASTING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SALMON; TIME; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; SALMON; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 54549096983     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0354.1     Document Type: Article

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