Beaver Pond Locations in Arctic Alaska, 1949 to 2020.

• Main Authors: Ken Tape, Jason Clark, Benjamin Jones
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2021
• Subjects: beaver pond; arctic; tundra; ecosystem engineer; Castor canadensis; canadensis; Arctic; Beaver Pond; Beaver Ponds; permafrost; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A2QR4NR6D

Beavers were not previously recognized as an Arctic species, and their engineering in the tundra is considered negligible. Recent findings suggest that beavers have moved into arctic tundra regions and are controlling surface water dynamics, which strongly influence permafrost and landscape stabilit...