Landscape characteristics and coho salmon (oncorhynchus kisutch) distributions: Explaining abundance versus occupancy

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 457-468

  Steel, E A ^a,b   Jensen, D W ^a,c   Burnett, K M ^c   Christiansen, K ^c   Firman, J C ^d   Feist, B E ^a   Anlauf, K J ^d   Larsen, D P ^e  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SALMONID; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; PISCES;

EID: 84857892235     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F2011-161     Document Type: Article

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