Multi-Dimensional Remote Sensing Analysis Documents Beaver-Induced Permafrost Degradation, Seward Peninsula, Alaska

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Benjamin M. Jones, Ken D. Tape, Jason A. Clark, Allen C. Bondurant, Melissa K. Ward Jones, Benjamin V. Gaglioti, Clayton D. Elder, Chandi Witharana, Charles E. Miller
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: arctic; beavers; geomorphology; permafrost; remote sensing; thermokarst; tundra; Arctic; Lake Creek; Ice; Seward Peninsula; Thermokarst; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13234863

Beavers have established themselves as a key component of low arctic ecosystems over the past several decades. Beavers are widely recognized as ecosystem engineers, but their effects on permafrost-dominated landscapes in the Arctic remain unclear. In this study, we document the occurrence, reconstru...