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Field experiments to assess passage of juvenile salmonids across beaver dams during low flow conditions in a tributary to the Klamath River, California, USA by Pollock, Michael M, Witmore, Shari, Yokel, Erich

“…Across Eurasia and North America, beaver (Castor spp), their dams and their human-built analogues are becoming increasingly common restoration tools to…”
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Alteration of stream temperature by natural and artificial beaver dams by Weber, Nicholas, Bouwes, Nicolaas, Pollock, Michael M, Volk, Carol, Wheaton, Joseph M, Wathen, Gus, Wirtz, Jacob, Jordan, Chris E

“…Beaver are an integral component of hydrologic, geomorphic, and biotic processes within North American stream systems, and their propensity to build dams…”
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Modeling intrinsic potential for beaver (Castor canadensis) habitat to inform restoration and climate change adaptation by Dittbrenner, Benjamin J, Pollock, Michael M, Schilling, Jason W, Olden, Julian D, Lawler, Joshua J, Torgersen, Christian E

“…Through their dam-building activities and subsequent water storage, beaver have the potential to restore riparian ecosystems and offset some of the predicted…”
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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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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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Natural infrastructure in dryland streams (NIDS) can establish regenerative wetland sinks that reverse desertification and strengthen climate resilience by Norman, Laura M., Lal, Rattan, Wohl, Ellen, Fairfax, Emily, Gellis, Allen C., Pollock, Michael M.

“…In this article we describe the natural hydrogeomorphological and biogeochemical cycles of dryland fluvial ecosystems that make them unique, yet vulnerable to…”
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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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Design Criteria for Process-Based Restoration of Fluvial Systems by Ciotti, Damion C, Mckee, Jared, Pope, Karen L, Kondolf, G Mathias, Pollock, Michael M

“…Abstract Process-based restoration of fluvial systems removes human constraints on nature to promote ecological recovery. By freeing natural processes, a…”
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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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Ecosystem experiment reveals benefits of natural and simulated beaver dams to a threatened population of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) by Bouwes, Nicolaas, Weber, Nicholas, Jordan, Chris E., Saunders, W. Carl, Tattam, Ian A., Volk, Carol, Wheaton, Joseph M., Pollock, Michael M.

“…Beaver have been referred to as ecosystem engineers because of the large impacts their dam building activities have on the landscape; however, the benefits…”
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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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Channel pattern and river-floodplain dynamics in forested mountain river systems by Beechie, Timothy J., Liermann, Martin, Pollock, Michael M., Baker, Sarah, Davies, Jeremy

“…Channel pattern effectively stratifies the dynamics of rivers and floodplains in forested mountain river systems of the Pacific Northwest, USA. Straight…”
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Geomorphic changes upstream of beaver dams in Bridge Creek, an incised stream channel in the interior Columbia River basin, eastern Oregon by Pollock, Michael M., Beechie, Timothy J., Jordan, Chris E.

“…Channel incision is a widespread phenomenon throughout the dry interior Columbia River basin and other semi‐arid regions of the world, which degrades stream…”
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Using reference conditions in ecosystem restoration: an example for riparian conifer forests in the Pacific Northwest by Pollock, Michael M, Beechie, Timothy J, Imaki, Hiroo

“…Quantifying the attributes of reference sites is a crucial problem in the restoration of ecosystems, driving both the evaluation of current conditions and the…”
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Evaluation of dryland riparian restoration with cottonwood and willow using deep-planting and herbivore protection by Hall, Jason E, Pollock, Michael M, Hoh, Shirley, Volk, Carol, Goldsmith, Josh, Jordan, Chris E

“…Degradation of dryland riparian ecosystems has been linked to the lowering of alluvial groundwater tables and reduced floodplain connectivity. Establishing…”
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Plant species richness in riparian wetlands: a test of biodiversity theory by Pollock, Michael M., Naiman, Robert J., Hanley, Thomas A.

“…In this study, flood frequency, productivity, and spatial heterogeneity were correlated with plant species richness (SR) among wetlands on a coastal island in…”
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Corrigendum: Ecosystem experiment reveals benefits of natural and simulated beaver dams to a threatened population of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) by Bouwes, Nicolaas, Weber, Nicholas, Jordan, Chris E, Saunders, W Carl, Tattam, Ian A, Volk, Carol, Wheaton, Joseph M, Pollock, Michael M

“…This corrects the article DOI: 10.1038/srep28581…”
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Stream Temperature Relationships to Forest Harvest in Western Washington by Pollock, Michael M, Beechie, Timothy J, Liermann, Martin, Bigley, Richard E

“…We compared summer stream temperature patterns in 40 small forested watersheds in the Hoh and Clearwater basins in the western Olympic Peninsula, Washington,…”
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Stream Temperature Relationships to Forest Harvest in Western Washington1 by Pollock, Michael M., Beechie, Timothy J., Liermann, Martin, Bigley, Richard E.

“…:  We compared summer stream temperature patterns in 40 small forested watersheds in the Hoh and Clearwater basins in the western Olympic Peninsula,…”
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Field experiments to assess passage of juvenile salmonids across beaver dams during low flow conditions in a tributary to the Klamath River, California, USA by Michael M Pollock, Shari Witmore, Erich Yokel

“…Across Eurasia and North America, beaver (Castor spp), their dams and their human-built analogues are becoming increasingly common restoration tools to…”
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