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Published & Cited Ecological Research:
Restoration Ecology
8.2026
Griep, Dr.Polivka, van den Broek
Evaluation of Sampling and Analytical Approaches to
Assess Fish Population Responses to Foodplain Restoration
Freshwater Biology
WILEY
3.2026
Stine Griep, Keith van den Broek, Dr.Polivka
How Do Spatial and Temporal Scales of Post-Restoration Studies Affect Conclusions About the Effectiveness of Habitat Restoration
River Research & Applications
WILEY
1.2026
Dr. Polivka, Griep
Estimation of Survival Probability Through Downstream Dam Passage Using Simulation Models From Experimental Data
Nature Communications
12.2025
Katherine Dixon, William T. Koval, Dr. Polivka, Grace Bird, Vanja Dukic, Greg Dwyer
Synthesizing Selection Mosaic Theory and Host-Pathogen Theory to Explain Large-Scale Pathogen Coexistence
Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences
10.2025
M.A. Malone, C.J. Whelan, J.S. Brown, Dr. Polivka
How to feed a fish: application of giving-up density theory to aquatic systems
Ecological Applications
7.2024
Dr.Polivka, Margaret A. Malone, Spencer A. Carran, Greg Dwyer
Understanding How Restoration Reduces Competition for Habitat by Combining Theory, Observation, and Experiment
Science Findings
12.2023
Dr.Polivka, Greg Dwyer
The Very Prickly Caterpillar: Navigating Douglas-fir Tussock Moth Outbreaks
Fish & Fisheries
WILEY
5.2022
Margaret A. Malone, Dr.Polivka
The Behavioural Ecology Toolkit for Fish Management and Conservation
PacificNW
US Forest Service
5.2022
Dr.Polivka
"If You Build It…": Methodological Approaches to Detect Postrestoration Responses in Stream Fishes
Science Findings
US Forest Service
8.2021
Dr.Polivka, Shannon Claeson
If You Built It, Did They Come? Evaluating the Effects of Stream Restoration on Fish Populations
PacificNW
US Forest Service
3.2021
Charlotte Hovland, Dr.Polivka, Greg Dwyer, Kristen C. Skalisky
Spatial Variability in Generalist Predation on the Douglas-fir Tussock Moth
The Ecosphere
ESA
6.2020
Dr.Polivka
Habitat Affinity and Density-Dependent Movement as Indicators of Fish Habitat Restoration Efficacy
The American Naturalist
4.2020
Joseph R. Mihaljevic, Dr.Polivka, Constance J. Mehmel, Chentong Li, Vanja Dukic, Greg Dwyer
An Empirical Test of the Role of Small-Scale Transmission in Large-Scale Disease Dynamics
PLOS
ONE
6.2020
Dr.Polivka, Joseph R. Mehaljevic, Greg Dwyer
Use of a Mechanistic Growth Model in Evaluating Post-Restoration Habitat Quality for Juvenile Salmonids
North American Journal of Fisheries Management
2.2020
Dr.Polivka, Shannon M. Claeson
Beyond Redistribution: In-Stream Habitat Restoration Increases Capacity for Young-of-the-Year Chinook Salmon and Steelhead in the Entiat River, Washington
PacificNW
US Forest Service
5.2019
Dr.Polivka, Rhiannon A. Volking, Shannon M. Claeson, Rachel D. Hosman
Scale of Monitoring Influences Interpretation of Stream Habitat Restoration Results for Juvenile Chinook Salmon
PacificNW
US Forest Service
5.2019
Spencer Carran, Dr.Polivka, Joseph Mehaljevic, Greg Dwyer
Detection of Low Levels of Baculovirus for Outbreak-Terminating Epizootics in Defoliating Insects
PacificNW
US Forest Service
1.2017
Dr.Polivka, Greg Dwyer, Constance J. Mehmel
Environmental Persistence of a Pathogen Used in Microbial Insect Control
NRC Research Press
2.2015
Dr.Polivka, E. Ashley Steel, Jenni L. Novak
Juvenile Salmon and Steelhead Occupancy of stream Pools Treated and Not Treated with Restoration Structures, Entiat River, Washington
Freshwater
Biology
2015
Dr.Polivka, Lisa Friedli, Elizabeth C. Green
Stream Inflow and Predation Risk Affect Littoral Habitat Selection by Benthic Fish
PacificNW
US Forest Service
2013
Peter Stine, Paul Hessburg, Thomas Spies, Marc Kramer, Christopher J. Fettig, Andrew Hansen, John Lehmkuhl, Kevin O’Hara, Karl Polivka, Peter Singleton, Susan Charnley, Andrew Merschel, Rachel White
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
ISRN Ecology - International Scholarly Research Network
4.2011
Dr.Polivka
Responses to the Foraging/Predation Risk Trade-Off and Individual Variability in Population-Level Fitness Correlates
BioScience
Magazine
2.2011
Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board
11.2010
Upper Columbia Regional Technical Team
Upper Columbia Regional Technical Team - Synthesis Report
Freshwater
Biology
2010
Christopher A. Binckley, Marc S. Wipfli, R. Bruce Medhurst, Dr.Polivka, Paul Hessburg, R. Brion Salter, Joshua Y. Kill
Ecoregion and Land-Use Influence Invertebrate and Detritus Transport from Headwater Streams
Hyrdobiologia
1.2010
R. Bruce Medhurst, Marc S. Wipfli, Christopher A. Binckley, Dr.Polivka, Paul Hessburg, R. Brion Salter
Headwater Streams and Forest Management: Does Ecoregional Context Influence Logging Effects on Benthic Communities?
PacificNW
U.S. Forest Service
2008
Andy Bookter, Richard D. Woodsmith, Frank H. McCormick, Dr.Polivka
Water Quality Trends in the Entiat River Subbasin: 2007–2008
Transactions
of the American Fisheries Society
2007
Dr.Polivka
Use of Techniques from Foraging Theory to Quantify the Cost of Predation for Benthic Fishes
The Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences
5.2005
Dr.Polivka
Resource Matching Across Habitats is Limited by Competition at Patch Scales in an Estuarine Opportunist Fish
Marine Biology Progress Series
4.2004
Karen M. Alofs, Dr.Polivka
Microhabitat-Scale Influences of Resources and Refuge on Habitat Selection by An Estuarine Opportunist Fish
Environmental Biology of Fishes - Netherlands
9.1998
Dr.Polivka
The Microhabitat Distribution of the Arkansas River Shiner, Notropis Girardi: a Habitat-Mosaic Approach
University of
Chicago -COPEIA
1998
Dr.Polivka, M.A. Chotkwoski
Recolonization of Experimentally Defaunated Tidepools by Northeast Pacific Intertidal Fishes
