Beaver: The North American freshwater climate action plan

CE Jordan, E Fairfax - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Rivers and streams, when fully connected to their floodplains, are naturally resilient systems
that are increasingly part of the conversation on nature‐based climate solutions …

The Ecology and Evolution of Beavers: Ecosystem Engineers That Ameliorate Climate Change

E Fairfax, C Westbrook - Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Beavers, Castor canadensis in North America and Castor fiber in Eurasia, are widely
referred to as nature's engineers due to their ability to rapidly transform diverse landscapes …

Ecological integrity is both real and valuable

JR Karr, ER Larson, EW Chu - Conservation Science and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological integrity has been criticized as a “bad fit as a value” for conservation biology and
restoration ecology. But work over the past four decades centered on ecological integrity …

R–R–T (resistance–resilience–transformation) typology reveals differential conservation approaches across ecosystems and time

G Peterson St-Laurent, LE Oakes, M Cross… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Conservation practices during the first decade of the millennium predominantly focused on
resisting changes and maintaining historical or current conditions, but ever-increasing …

Legacy effects of loss of beavers in the continental United States

E Wohl - Environmental Research Letters, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Through their modifications of channels and floodplains, beavers are a premier example of
ecosystem engineers. Historical and stratigraphic records suggest that hundreds of millions …

Identifying the potential of anadromous salmonid habitat restoration with life cycle models

JC Jorgensen, C Nicol, C Fogel, TJ Beechie - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
An investigation into the causes of species decline should include examination of habitats
important for multiple life stages. Integrating habitat impacts across life stages with life-cycle …

Hydrological functioning of a beaver dam sequence and regional dam persistence during an extreme rainstorm

CJ Westbrook, A Ronnquist… - Hydrological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
It is becoming increasingly popular to reintroduce beaver to streams with the hopes of
restoring riparian ecosystem function or reducing some of the hydrological impacts of …

Identifying trade‐offs and opportunities for forest carbon and wildlife using a climate change adaptation lens

CE Littlefield, AW D'Amato - Conservation Science and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
On a warming planet, a key challenge natural resource managers face is protecting wildlife
while mitigating climate change—as through forest carbon storage—to the greatest extent …

Beaver dams: How structure, flow state, and landscape setting regulate water storage and release

AL Ronnquist, CJ Westbrook - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Beaver (Castor canadensis and Castor fiber) are regarded widely as ecosystem
engineers and the dams they create are well-known for their ability to drastically alter the …

Relocated beaver can increase water storage and decrease stream temperature in headwater streams

BJ Dittbrenner, JW Schilling, CE Torgersen… - Ecosphere, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Many areas are experiencing increasing stream temperatures due to climate change, and
some are experiencing reduced summer stream flows and water availability. Because dam …