Colonization of the Beaufort Coastal Plain by Beaver (Castor canadensis): A Response to Shrubification of the Tundra?

• Published in: The Canadian Field-Naturalist
• Main Authors: Jung, Thomas S, Frandsen, Jay, Gordon, Danny C, Mossop, David H
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 2017
• Subjects: American Beaver; Beaufort Coastal Plain; Castor canadensis; climate change impacts; range expansion; shrubification; tundra; yukon north Slope; Arctic; Babbage River; Canada; Yukon; Climate change; Global warming; Inuvialuit; Ivvavik national park; north slope; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1927; https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v130i4.1927

A consequence of rapid global warming has been the shrubification (increase in shrub abundance, cover, and biomass) of arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems. Shrubification is likely a key driver of predicted and observed changes in the biodiversity of the Arctic. The American Beaver (Castor canadensi...