Design to monitor trend in abundance and presence of American beaver (Castor canadensis) at the national forest scale

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 164, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 463-479

  Beck, Jeffrey L ^a   Dauwalter, Daniel C ^a,c   Gerow, Kenneth G ^a   Hayward, Gregory D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c Trout Unlimited   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaver; Habitat suitability; Management indicator species; Monitoring; National forest; Power analysis; Sampling design

Indexed keywords

BEAVER; HABITAT SUITABILITY; INDICATOR SPECIES; NATIONAL FORESTS; POWER ANALYSIS; SAMPLING DESIGN;

DESIGN; ECOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

MONITORING;

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST; HABITAT QUALITY; KEYSTONE SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ARTICLE; CASTOR CANADENSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; LAW; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RODENT; SPECIES HABITAT; STRATIFICATION; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENTIA; TREES; UNITED STATES;

BLACK HILLS NATIONAL FOREST; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

CASTOR CANADENSIS; CASTORIDAE; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SALIX;

EID: 77952292517     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0907-8     Document Type: Article

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