Large woody debris and salmonid habitat in the anchor river basin, alaska, following an extensive spruce beetle (dendroctonus rufipennis) outbreak

Northwest Science

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-69

  Rinella, Daniel J ^a   Booz, Michael ^a,c   Bogan, Daniel L ^a   Boggs, Keith ^a   Sturdy, Michelle ^a,d   Rinella, Matthew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^d Bristol Environmental and Engineering Services Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EVERGREEN TREE; JUVENILE; POPULATION OUTBREAK; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER BASIN; SALMONID; WATERSHED; WOODY DEBRIS;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS RUFIPENNIS; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; POPULUS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 61849181552     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3955/046.083.0106     Document Type: Article

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