Expanding beaver pond distribution in Arctic Alaska, 1949 to 2019

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Ken D. Tape, Jason A. Clark, Benjamin M. Jones, Seth Kantner, Benjamin V. Gaglioti, Guido Grosse, Ingmar Nitze
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Portfolio 2022
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Arctic; Beaver Pond; Beaver Ponds; Climate change; permafrost; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-09330-6; https://doaj.org/article/622d0c1dd68a4908a4c99200a8dc104e

Abstract 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...