Quantifying the extent of and factors associated with the temporal variability of physical stream habitat in headwater streams in the interior Columbia River Basin

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 399-414

  Al Chokhachy, Robert ^a,c   Roper, Brett B ^a   Archer, Eric K ^a   Miller, Scott ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HEADWATER; LAND MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

COLUMBIA BASIN;

EID: 84869208799     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2011.567865     Document Type: Article

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