Beavers: Boreal Ecosystem Engineers
This book integrates the results of Dr. Carol Johnston’s research on beaver ecosystem alteration at Voyageurs National Park, a mature beaver-altered landscape named after the French-Canadian voyageurs who transported packs of beaver pelts through the region more than 250 years ago. The text synthesi...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Springer International Publishing
2017.
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| Colección: | Springer eBooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b35716757*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Legacy of beaver-human interaction
- Ecosystem engineers: beaver ponds
- Altering the water cycle
- Beaver loggers: beaver herbivory alters forest structure
- Soils of beaver meadows
- Vegetation of beaver impoundments
- The biogeochemistry of boreal beaver ponds
- Beaver ponds and the carbon cycle
- Fish assemblages in a beaver-influenced successional landscape
- Beavers as engineers of wildlife habitat.
