Using beaver dams to restore incised stream ecosystems

BioScience

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 279-290

  Pollock, Michael M ^a   Beechie, Timothy J ^a   Wheaton, Joseph M ^b   Jordan, Chris E ^a   Bouwes, Nick ^c   Weber, Nicholas ^c   Volk, Carol ^d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Eco Logical Research   (United States)

^d South Fork Research   (United States)

Author keywords

beaver; Castor canadensis; conservation; ecosystem restoration; stream restoration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898938386     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biu036     Document Type: Review

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