Beaver-driven peatland ecotone dynamics: Impoundment detection using Lidar and geomorphon analysis

• Main Authors: Swift, Troy P., Kennedy, Lisa M.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Ecological Society of America 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Island; Beaver Ponds
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/105158

Background/Question/Methods Beaver (Castor spp.) are renowned for their role as ecosystem engineers. Their ponds and vegetation consumption can greatly alter local hydrology and ratios of meadow to woodland. Beaver also actively buffer their environments against drought and wildfire susceptibility,...