Modeling intrinsic potential for beaver (Castor canadensis) habitat to inform restoration and climate change adaptation.

Through their dam-building activities and subsequent water storage, beaver have the potential to restore riparian ecosystems and offset some of the predicted effects of climate change by modulating streamflow. Thus, it is not surprising that reintroducing beaver to watersheds from which they have be...

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Main Authors: Benjamin J Dittbrenner, Michael M Pollock, Jason W Schilling, Julian D Olden, Joshua J Lawler, Christian E Torgersen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5831098?pdf=render