Wildfire may increase habitat quality for spring Chinook salmon in the Wenatchee River subbasin, WA, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 359, Issue , 2016, Pages 126-140

  Flitcroft, Rebecca L ^a   Falke, Jeffrey A ^b   Reeves, Gordon H ^a   Hessburg, Paul F ^c   McNyset, Kris M ^d   Benda, Lee E ^e  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d NOAA Affiliate   (United States)

^e Earth Systems Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian model; Life stages; Population resilience; Spring Chinook salmon; Watershed scale; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; FISH; FORESTRY; LAND USE; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; STREAM FLOW; WATER; WATERSHEDS;

BAYESIAN MODEL; CHINOOK SALMON; LIFE STAGES; POPULATION RESILIENCE; WATERSHED SCALE; WILDFIRE;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; JUVENILE; LAND USE CHANGE; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALMONID; WATERSHED; WILDFIRE;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WENATCHEE RIVER;

ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84943575789     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.09.049     Document Type: Article

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