Overview
Focuses specifically on landscape and ecosystem alteration by beavers
Provides a cohesive reference useful to wetland scientists, ecosystem and landscape ecologists, wildlife managers, and students
Contains many potential applications to natural resource management in boreal regions, including how beaver activity affects water storage, sediment and nutrient transport, and the availability of wetlands as wildlife habitat
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Carol A. Johnston, Professor, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57006
Email: carol.johnston@sdstate.edu
Phone: (605) 688-6464
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Beavers: Boreal Ecosystem Engineers
Authors: Carol A. Johnston
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61533-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-61532-5Published: 06 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87104-2Published: 18 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-61533-2Published: 28 August 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXIX, 272
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Animal Ecology, Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management, Ecosystems, Landscape Ecology