Spatial Analysis of Forestry Related Disturbance on Westslope Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi): Implications for Policy and Management

Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 95-111

  Valdal, Eric J ^a,b   Quinn, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cumulative effects; Cutthroat trout; Fisheries; Forestry; Landscape scale

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; EPHEMERAL STREAM; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY POLICY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LANDSCAPE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALMONID; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; KOOTENAI RIVER;

ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII LEWISI;

EID: 79953801874     PISSN: 1874463X     EISSN: 18744621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12061-009-9045-5     Document Type: Article

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