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RMRS-GTR-174: Strategies for conserving native salmonid populations
at risk from nonnative fish invasions: tradeoffs in using barriers
to upstream movement
Fausch, Kurt D.; Rieman, Bruce E.; Young, Michael, K.; Dunham, Jason B. 2006. Strategies for conserving native salmonid populations at risk from nonnative fish invasions: tradeoffs in using barriers to upstream movement. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-174. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 44 p.
Native salmonid populations in the inland West are often restricted to small isolated habitats at risk from invasion by nonnative salmonids. However, further isolating these populations using barriers to prevent invasions can increase their extinction risk. This monograph reviews the state of knowledge about this tradeoff between invasion and isolation. We present a conceptual framework to guide analysis, focusing on four main questions concerning conservation value, vulnerability to invasion, persistence given isolation, and priorities when conserving multiple populations. Two examples illustrate use of the framework, and a final section discusses opportunities for making strategic decisions when faced with the invasion-isolation tradeoff.
Keywords: barriers to fish movement, biological invasions, conservation biology, isolation management, native salmonids
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Title: RMRS-GTR-174:
Strategies for conserving native salmonid populations at risk
from nonnative fish invasions: tradeoffs in using barriers to
upstream movement
Electronic Publish Date: September 1, 2006
Last Update: September
1, 2006