Tundra be dammed

• Published in: Global Change Biology
• Main Authors: Tape, Ken D., Jones, Benjamin M., Arp, Christopher D., Nitze, Ingmar (Dr.), Grosse, Guido (Prof. Dr.)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: ddc:550; Institut für Geowissenschaften; Arctic; Beaver Pond; Beaver Ponds; Ice; permafrost; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/opus4-ubp/frontdoor/index/index/docId/51879; https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14332

Increasing air temperatures are changing the arctic tundra biome. Permafrost is thawing, snow duration is decreasing, shrub vegetation is proliferating, and boreal wildlife is encroaching. Here we present evidence of the recent range expansion of North American beaver (Castor canadensis) into the Ar...