Beaver: Nature's ecosystem engineers

RE Brazier, A Puttock, HA Graham… - Wiley …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Beavers have the ability to modify ecosystems profoundly to meet their ecological needs,
with significant associated hydrological, geomorphological, ecological, and societal impacts …

[HTML][HTML] Dam builders and their works: Beaver influences on the structure and function of river corridor hydrology, geomorphology, biogeochemistry and ecosystems

A Larsen, JR Larsen, SN Lane - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Beavers (Castor fiber, Castor canadensis) are one of the most influential
mammalian ecosystem engineers, heavily modifying river corridor hydrology …

[BUKU][B] The probiotic planet: Using life to manage life

J Lorimer - 2020 - books.google.com
Assesses a promising new approach to restoring the health of our bodies and our planet
Most of us are familiar with probiotics added to milk or yogurt to improve gastrointestinal …

[HTML][HTML] Working on the boundaries—How do science use and interpret the nature-based solution concept?

HI Hanson, B Wickenberg, JA Olsson - Land use policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Nature-based solutions (NBS) is the latest contribution to the green concept family. NBS is
defined as actions based in nature addressing societal challenges. In this study, we lean on …

Natural vs anthropogenic streams in Europe: History, ecology and implications for restoration, river-rewilding and riverine ecosystem services

AG Brown, L Lespez, DA Sear, JJ Macaire… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract In Europe and North America the prevailing model of “natural” lowland streams is
incised-meandering channels with silt-clay floodplains, and this is the typical template for …

Making rewilding fit for policy

N Pettorelli, J Barlow, PA Stephens… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Rewilding, here defined as “the reorganisation of biota and ecosystem processes to set an
identified social–ecological system on a preferred trajectory, leading to the self‐sustaining …

[HTML][HTML] Using ecosystem engineers as tools in habitat restoration and rewilding: beaver and wetlands

A Law, MJ Gaywood, KC Jones, P Ramsay… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Potential for habitat restoration is increasingly used as an argument for reintroducing
ecosystem engineers. Beaver have well known effects on hydromorphology through dam …

[HTML][HTML] Natural infrastructure in dryland streams (NIDS) can establish regenerative wetland sinks that reverse desertification and strengthen climate resilience

LM Norman, R Lal, E Wohl, E Fairfax, AC Gellis… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this article we describe the natural hydrogeomorphological and biogeochemical cycles of
dryland fluvial ecosystems that make them unique, yet vulnerable to land use activities and …

Beaver dams attenuate flow: A multi‐site study

A Puttock, HA Graham, J Ashe… - Hydrological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Beavers can profoundly alter riparian environments, most conspicuously by creating dams
and wetlands. Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) populations are increasing and it has been …

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 …