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Evolutionary History, Habitat Disturbance Regimes, and Anthropogenic Changes: What Do These Mean for Resilience of Pacific Salmon Populations?

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dc.contributor.author Waples, Robin S. en_US
dc.contributor.author Beechie, Tim en_US
dc.contributor.author Pess, George R. en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2009-07-31T14:59:13Z
dc.date.available 2009-07-31T14:59:13Z
dc.date.issued 2009 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2009-05-27 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2009-05-27 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10535/3273
dc.description.abstract "Because resilience of a biological system is a product of its evolutionary history, the historical template that describes the relationships between species and their dynamic habitats is an important point of reference. Habitats used by Pacific salmon have been quite variable throughout their evolutionary history, and these habitats can be characterized by four key attributes of disturbance regimes: frequency, magnitude, duration, and predictability. Over the past two centuries, major anthropogenic changes to salmon ecosystems have dramatically altered disturbance regimes that the species experience. To the extent that these disturbance regimes assume characteristics outside the range of the historical template, resilience of salmon populations might be compromised. We discuss anthropogenic changes that are particularly likely to compromise resilience of Pacific salmon and management actions that could help bring the current patterns of disturbance regimes more in line with the historical template." en_US
dc.subject climate change en_US
dc.subject evolution en_US
dc.subject habitats en_US
dc.title Evolutionary History, Habitat Disturbance Regimes, and Anthropogenic Changes: What Do These Mean for Resilience of Pacific Salmon Populations? en_US
dc.type Journal Article en_US
dc.type.published published en_US
dc.coverage.region North America en_US
dc.coverage.country United States en_US
dc.subject.sector Fisheries en_US
dc.subject.sector Water Resource & Irrigation en_US
dc.identifier.citationjournal Ecology and Society en_US
dc.identifier.citationvolume 14 en_US
dc.identifier.citationnumber 1 en_US
dc.identifier.citationmonth January en_US


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