Modeling predicts that redd trampling by cattle may contribute to population declines of native trout

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 954-966

  Peterson, Douglas P ^a   Rieman, Bruce E ^b,e   Young, Michael K ^c   Brammer, James A ^d  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

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

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle grazing; Mechanical disturbance; Montana; Mortality; Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi; Persistence; Population models; Resilience; Riparian habitat; Trampling; USA; Westslope cutthroat trout

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE PLANNING; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; SALMONID; TRAMPLING;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; ECOSYSTEM; ONCORHYNCHUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTANA; ONCORHYNCHUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE;

MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

BOS; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII LEWISI; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77953163567     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0679.1     Document Type: Article

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