Qualitative and quantitative effects of reintroduced beavers on stream fish

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 158-181

  Kemp, Paul S ^a   Worthington, Tom A ^a   Langford, Terence E L ^a   Tree, Angus R J ^b   Gaywood, Martin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beaver dams; Fish migration; Meta analysis; Public perception; Salmon; Species reintroduction

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FACILITATION; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; META-ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REINTRODUCTION; RODENT; SALMONID; SPAWNING; STREAM; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRIBUTARY;

NORTH AMERICA;

CASTORIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84859649335     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2011.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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