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A process-based assessment of landscape change and salmon habitat losses in the Chehalis River basin, USA by Beechie, Timothy J, Fogel, Caleb, Nicol, Colin, Timpane-Padgham, Britta

“…Identifying necessary stream and watershed restoration actions requires quantifying natural potential habitat conditions to diagnose habitat change and…”
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Identifying the potential of anadromous salmonid habitat restoration with life cycle models by Jorgensen, Jeffrey C, Nicol, Colin, Fogel, Caleb, Beechie, Timothy J

“…An investigation into the causes of species decline should include examination of habitats important for multiple life stages. Integrating habitat impacts…”
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Rethinking the longitudinal stream temperature paradigm: region-wide comparison of thermal infrared imagery reveals unexpected complexity of river temperatures by Fullerton, Aimee H., Torgersen, Christian E., Lawler, Joshua J., Faux, Russell N., Steel, E. Ashley, Beechie, Timothy J., Ebersole, Joseph L., Leibowitz, Scott G.

“…Prevailing theory suggests that stream temperature warms asymptotically in a downstream direction, beginning at the temperature of the source in the headwaters…”
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Large-scale dam removal on the Elwha River, Washington, USA: River channel and floodplain geomorphic change by East, Amy E., Pess, George R., Bountry, Jennifer A., Magirl, Christopher S., Ritchie, Andrew C., Logan, Joshua B., Randle, Timothy J., Mastin, Mark C., Minear, Justin T., Duda, Jeffrey J., Liermann, Martin C., McHenry, Michael L., Beechie, Timothy J., Shafroth, Patrick B.

“…A substantial increase in fluvial sediment supply relative to transport capacity causes complex, large-magnitude changes in river and floodplain morphology…”
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How riparian and floodplain restoration modify the effects of increasing temperature on adult salmon spawner abundance in the Chehalis River, WA by Fogel, Caleb B, Nicol, Colin L, Jorgensen, Jeffrey C, Beechie, Timothy J, Timpane-Padgham, Britta, Kiffney, Peter, Seixas, Gustav, Winkowski, John

“…Stream temperatures in the Pacific Northwest are projected to increase with climate change, placing additional stress on cold-water salmonids. We modeled the…”
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Large river habitat complexity and productivity of Puget Sound Chinook salmon by Hall, Jason E, Greene, Correigh M, Stefankiv, Oleksandr, Anderson, Joseph H, Timpane-Padgham, Britta, Beechie, Timothy J, Pess, George R

“…While numerous studies have shown that floodplain habitat complexity can be important to fish ecology, few quantify how watershed-scale complexity influences…”
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How does habitat restoration influence resilience of salmon populations to climate change? by Beechie, Timothy J., Fogel, Caleb, Nicol, Colin, Jorgensen, Jeff, Timpane‐Padgham, Britta, Kiffney, Peter

“…A pressing question for managing recovery of depressed or declining species is: Can habitat restoration increase resilience to climate change? We addressed…”
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Does Riparian Forest Restoration Thinning Enhance Biodiversity? The Ecological Importance of Large Wood by Pollock, Michael M., Beechie, Timothy J.

“…Intact riparian ecosystems are rich in biological diversity, but throughout the world, many have been degraded. Biodiversity declines, particularly of…”
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Aligning environmental management with ecosystem resilience: a First Foods example from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon, USA by Quaempts, Eric J., Jones, Krista L., O'Daniel, Scott J., Beechie, Timothy J., Poole, Geoffrey C.

“…The concept of “reciprocity” between humans and other biota arises from the creation belief of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation…”
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Channel‐planform evolution in four rivers of Olympic National Park, Washington, USA: the roles of physical drivers and trophic cascades by East, Amy E., Jenkins, Kurt J., Happe, Patricia J., Bountry, Jennifer A., Beechie, Timothy J., Mastin, Mark C., Sankey, Joel B., Randle, Timothy J.

“…Identifying the relative contributions of physical and ecological processes to channel evolution remains a substantial challenge in fluvial geomorphology. We…”
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Modeling riparian species occurrence from historical surveys to guide restoration planning in northwestern USA by Beechie, Timothy J., Stefankiv, Oleksandr, Bond, Morgan, Pollock, Michael

“…Successful restoration of riparian habitats and functions depends in part on selection of plant species that are suited to local geomorphic and climatic…”
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Process-Based View of Floodplain Forest Patterns in Coastal River Valleys of the Pacific Northwest by Naiman, Robert J, Bechtold, J. Scott, Beechie, Timothy J, Latterell, Joshua J, Van Pelt, Robert

“…Floodplains in the Pacific Coastal Ecoregion (PCE) stem from steep eroding mountain landscapes in a rain forest environment, and sustain a rich array of…”
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Trends in developed land cover adjacent to habitat for threatened salmon in Puget Sound, Washington, USA by Bartz, Krista K, Ford, Michael J, Beechie, Timothy J, Fresh, Kurt L, Pess, George R, Kennedy, Robert E, Rowse, Melinda L, Sheer, Mindi

“…For widely distributed species at risk, such as Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.), habitat monitoring is both essential and challenging. Only recently have…”
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A Review of Stream Restoration Techniques and a Hierarchical Strategy for Prioritizing Restoration in Pacific Northwest Watersheds by Roni, Philip, Beechie, Timothy J., Bilby, Robert E., Leonetti, Frank E., Pollock, Michael M., Pess, George R.

“…Millions of dollars are spent annually on watershed restoration and stream habitat improvement in the U.S. Pacific Northwest in an effort to increase fish…”
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Integrating Limiting-Factors Analysis with Process-Based Restoration to Improve Recovery of Endangered Salmonids in the Pacific Northwest, USA by Derek B. Booth, Jenna G. Scholz, Timothy J. Beechie, Stephen C. Ralph

“…Two approaches to ecological restoration planning, limiting-factors analysis and process-based restoration, are employed in efforts to recover endangered…”
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Using Beaver Dams to Restore Incised Stream Ecosystems by POLLOCK, MICHAEL M., BEECHIE, TIMOTHY J., WHEATON, JOSEPH M., JORDAN, CHRIS E., BOUWES, NICK, WEBER, NICHOLAS, VOLK, CAROL

“…Biogenic features such as beaver dams, large wood, and live vegetation are essential to the maintenance of complex stream ecosystems, but these features are…”
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Process-Based Principles for Restoring River Ecosystems by Beechie, Timothy J, Sear, David A, Olden, Julian D, Pess, George R, Buffington, John M, Moir, Hamish, Roni, Philip, Pollock, Michael M

“…Process-based restoration aims to reestablish normative rates and magnitudes of physical, chemical, and biological processes that sustain river and floodplain…”
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The Importance of Beaver Ponds to Coho Salmon Production in the Stillaguamish River Basin, Washington, USA by Pollock, Michael M., Pess, George R., Beechie, Timothy J., Montgomery, David R.

“…The use of beaver Castor canadensis ponds by juvenile coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch and other fishes has been well established. However, the…”
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How does over two decades of active wood reintroduction result in changes to stream channel features and aquatic habitats of a forested river system? by Pess, George R., McHenry, Michael L., Liermann, Martin C., Hanson, Karrie M., Beechie, Timothy J.

“…Since the late 1980s and early 1990s, wood reintroduction has been a commonly assessed stream restoration technique. Many of the efforts have focused on…”
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Historical and Future Stream Temperature Change Predicted by a Lidar‐Based Assessment of Riparian Condition and Channel Width by Seixas, Gustav B., Beechie, Timothy J., Fogel, Caleb, Kiffney, Peter M.

“…Riparian forests attenuate solar radiation, thereby mediating an important component of the thermal budget of streams. Here, we investigate the relationship…”
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