Floodplain Rehabilitation as a Hedge against Hydroclimatic Uncertainty in a Migration Corridor of Threatened Steelhead

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1158-1168

  Boughton, David A ^a   Pike, Andrew S ^a,b  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anadromy; Ecosystem restoration; Endangered Species Act; Recovery; Salmonid

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; FLOW MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; LATITUDE; MIGRATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION; SALMONID; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ACTA DE ESPECIES EN PELIGRO (ESA); ANADROMÍA; ANADROMY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; RAINBOW TROUT; RECOVERY; RESTAURACIÓN DE ECOSISTEMAS; RIVER; SALMONID; SALMÓNIDO; WATER FLOW;

ACTA DE ESPECIES EN PELIGRO (ESA); ANADROMÍA; ANADROMY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; RECOVERY; RESTAURACIÓN DE ECOSISTEMAS; SALMONID; SALMÓNIDO;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84896914815     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12169     Document Type: Article

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