When beavers get burned, do fish get fried? The role of beavers to mediate wildfire effects on arctic grayling in boreal Alaska

• Main Author: Samuel, William T.
• Other Authors: Falke, Jeffrey, Tape, Kenneth, Seitz, Andrew, Panda, Santosh
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: American beaver; Interior Alaska; Habitat; Fires; Arctic grayling; Habitat modification; Freshwater habitats; Fire ecology; Master of Science in Fisheries; Arctic; Beaver Pond; Beaver Ponds; Fairbanks; Thymallus arcticus; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/14968

Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2023 Wildfire is a dominant natural disturbance process throughout boreal North America and fires are increasing in size, frequency, and severity. However, little is known about how wildfire affects boreal fish populations and aquatic habitat despite the...