Influence of fire on native and nonnative salmonid populations and habitat in a western Montana basin

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 136-146

  Sestrich, Clint M ^a,c   McMahon, Thomas E ^a   Young, Michael K ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c USDA Forest Service Kootenai National Forest   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HABITAT TYPE; HEADWATER; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SALMONID; STREAM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WILDFIRE;

MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII LEWISI; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS CONFLUENTUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 79956349448     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2011.557019     Document Type: Article

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