Invasion versus isolation: Trade-offs in managing native salmonids with barriers to upstream movement

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 859-870

  Fausch, Kurt D ^a   Rieman, Bruce E ^b,f   Dunham, Jason B ^c   Young, Michael K ^d   Peterson, Douglas P ^e  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b USDA Forest Service Boise Aquatic Sciences Lab   (United States)

^c FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d USDA Forest Service Forestry Science Lab   (United States)

^e US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aislamiento; Corredores; Fragmentaci n de h bitat; Invasiones biol gicas; Peces de arroyo; Salm nidos

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EXTINCTION RISK; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HEADWATER; INVASIVE SPECIES; LOCAL EXTINCTION; NATIVE SPECIES; SALMONID; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; REVIEW; SALMONID;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; SALMONIDAE;

NORTH AMERICA;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII; PISCES; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 67650436089     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01159.x     Document Type: Review

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