Beaver-Driven Peatland Ecotone Dynamics: Impoundment Detection Using Lidar and Geomorphon Analysis

• Published in: Land
• Main Authors: Troy P. Swift, Lisa M. Kennedy
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: geomorphon; Lidar; beaver; remote sensing; peatland; ecotone; Cranberry Glades; hydrology; Arctic; Arctic Island; Beaver Ponds
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/land10121333

This investigation focused on remotely detecting beaver impoundments and dams along the boreal-like peatland ecotones enmeshing Cranberry Glades Botanical Area, a National Natural Landmark in mountainous West Virginia, USA. Beaver (Castor spp.) are renowned for their role as ecosystem engineers. The...