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

• Published in: Land
• Main Authors: Swift, Troy P., Kennedy, Lisa M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Island; Beaver Ponds
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/106908; 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. Th...