Featured Publications & Products

• Medhurst, R. Bruce; Wipfli, Mark S.; Binckley, Chris; Polivka, Karl; Hessburg, Paul F.; Salter, R. Brion. 2010. Headwater streams and forest management: Does ecoregional context influence logging effects on benthic communities.
• Polivka, Karl M.; Dwyer, Greg; Mehmel, Constance J. 2017. Environmental persistence of a pathogen used in microbial insect control.
• Polivka, Karl M.; Steel, E. Ashley; Novak, Jenni L.; Jonsson, Bror. 2015. Juvenile salmon and steelhead occupancy of stream pools treated and not treated with restoration structures, Entiat River, Washington.
• Polivka, Karl M.; Friedli, Lisa M.; Green, Elizabeth C. 2013. Stream inflow and predation risk affect littoral habitat selection by benthic fish.
• Polivka, Carlos M.; Volking, Rhiannon A.; Claeson, Shannon M.; Hosman, Rachel D. 2019. Scale of monitoring influences interpretation of stream habitat restoration results for juvenile Chinook salmon.
• Carran, Spencer ; Polivka, Carlos M.; Mihaljevic, Joseph R.; Dwyer, Greg . 2019. Detection of low levels of baculovirus for outbreak-terminating epizootics in defoliating insects.
• Mihaljevic, Joseph R.; Polivka, Carlos M.; Mehmel, Constance J.; Li, Chentong ; Dukic, Vanja ; Dwyer, Greg . 2020. An empirical test of the role of small-scale transmission in large-scale disease dynamics.

Publications

• Kirkland, John ; Polivka, Carlos ; Claeson, Shannon . 2021. If you built it, did they come Evaluating the effects of stream restoration on fish populations.
• Hovland, Charlotte ; Polivka, Carlos M.; Dwyer, Greg ; Skalisky, Kirsten C. 2021. Spatial variability in generalist predation on the Douglas-fir tussock moth.
• Polivka, Carlos M.; Claeson, Shannon M. 2020. Beyond redistribution: In stream habitat restoration increases capacity for young of the year Chinook Salmon and steelhead in the Entiat River, Washington.
• Polivka, Carlos M. 2020. Habitat affinity and density-dependent movement as indicators of fish habitat restoration efficacy.
• Polivka, Carlos M.; Mihaljevic, Joseph R.; Dwyer, Greg . 2020. Use of a mechanistic growth model in evaluating post-restoration habitat quality for juvenile salmonids.
• Stine, Peter; Hessburg, Paul; Spies, Thomas; Kramer, Marc; Fettig, Christopher J.; Hansen, Andrew; Lehmkuhl, John; O'Hara, Kevin; Polivka, Karl; Singleton, Peter; Charnley, Susan; Merschel, Andrew; White, Rachel. 2014. The ecology and management of moist mixed-conifer forests in eastern Oregon and Washington: a synthesis of the relevant biophysical science and implications for future land management.
• Binckley, Christopher A.; Wipfli, Mark S.; Medhurst, R. Bruce; Polivka, Karl; Hessburg, Paul; Salter, R. Brion; Kill, Joshua Y. 2010. Ecoregion and land-use influence invertebrate and detritus transport from headwater streams.
• Bookter, Andy; Woodsmith, Richard D.; McCormick, Frank H.; Polivka, Karl M. 2009. Water Quality Trends in the Entiat River Subbasin: 2007-2008.
• Polivka, K.M.; Chotkowski, M.A. 1998. Recolonization of experimentally defaunated tidepools by northeast Pacific intertidal fishes..

Citations of non US Forest Service Publications

• Mihaljevic, J. R., C. M. Polivka, C. J. Mehmel, C. Li, V. Dukic, G. Dwyer. 2020. The role of small-scale transmission in large-scale disease epizootics. The American Naturalist 195: 616–635

Research Highlights

Highlight	Title	Year
PNW-2020-51	Controlling Pest Outbreaks to Enhance the Health of Western Forests Naturally-occurring diseases can kill wild populations of insect pests that attack and damage trees. This study examines the interaction between ...	2020
PNW-2015-58	Instream Habitat Restoration Increases Stream Capacity for both Chinook Salmon and Steelhead Trout Study finds positive response by fish to instream restoration projects in the Entiat River watershed in Washington. These results are being used ...	2015