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

Ecology and movement of juvenile salmonids in beaver‐influenced and beaver‐free tributaries in the Trøndelag province of Norway

(2020) Rachel L. Malison et al.   ECOLOGY OF FRESHWATER FISH

Sediment storage and shallow groundwater response to beaver dam analogues in the Colorado Front Range, USA

(2020) Julianne Scamardo et al.   RIVER RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS

Hydraulic Modeling of Beaver Dams and Evaluation of Their Impacts on Flood Events

(2020) Michael Neumayer et al.   Water

Long-term dynamics of and potential management strategies for the beaver (Castor fiber) population in Poland

(2020) M. Wróbel et al.   European Zoological Journal

Increase in beaver dams controls surface water and thermokarst dynamics in an Arctic tundra region, Baldwin Peninsula, northwestern Alaska

(2020) Benjamin M. Jones et al.   Environmental Research Letters

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

(2020) Cherie J. Westbrook et al.   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES

Beaver-induced spatiotemporal patch dynamics affect landscape-level environmental heterogeneity

(2020) Sonja Kivinen et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Beaver effects on macroinvertebrate assemblages in two streams with contrasting morphology

(2020) C.T. Robinson et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Uncertainty in Parameterizing Floodplain Forest Friction for Natural Flood Management, Using Remote Sensing

(2020) Alexander S. Antonarakis et al.   Remote Sensing

Beavers in lakes: a review of their ecosystem impact

(2020) I. V. Bashinskiy   AQUATIC ECOLOGY

Smokey the Beaver: beaver‐dammed riparian corridors stay green during wildfire throughout the western United States

(2020) Emily Fairfax et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Ecosystem services provided by beavers Castor spp.

(2020) Stella Thompson et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW

Population and distribution of beavers Castor fiber and Castor canadensis in Eurasia

(2020) Duncan J. Halley et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW

Food caching behavior of the Eurasian beaver in northern Europe

(2020) Peter E. Busher et al.   WILDLIFE BIOLOGY

Introduced beaver improve growth of non‐native trout in Tierra del Fuego, South America

(2020) Ivan Arismendi et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Beaver dams attenuate flow: A multi‐site study

(2020) Alan Puttock et al.   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES

Beaver dam analogue configurations influence stream and riparian water table dynamics of a degraded spring‐fed creek in the Canadian Rockies

(2020) Tariq M. Munir et al.   RIVER RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS

Differences in habitat use between the native Eurasian beaver and the invasive North American beaver in Finland

(2019) Riikka Alakoski et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Return flows from beaver ponds enhance floodplain-to-river metals exchange in alluvial mountain catchments

(2019) Martin A. Briggs et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Beaver-generated disturbance extends beyond active dam sites to enhance stream morphodynamics and riparian plant recruitment

(2019) Rebekah Levine et al.   Scientific Reports

Beaver canals and their environmental effects

(2019) Bartosz P. Grudzinski et al.   Progress in Physical Geography-Earth and Environment

Beaver dam influences on streamflow hydraulic properties and thermal regimes

(2019) Milada Majerova et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Riparian wetland rehabilitation and beaver re-colonization impacts on hydrological processes and water quality in a lowland agricultural catchment

(2019) Aaron Smith et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Sediment and nutrient storage in a beaver engineered wetland

(2018) Alan Puttock et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Using remote sensing to assess the impact of beaver damming on riparian evapotranspiration in an arid landscape

(2018) Emily Fairfax et al.   Ecohydrology

A physical framework for evaluating net effects of wet meadow restoration on late-summer streamflow

(2018) Caroline S. Nash et al.   Ecohydrology

The forgotten prey of an iconic predator: a review of interactions between grey wolves Canis lupus and beavers Castor spp.

(2018) Thomas D. Gable et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW

The persistence of beaver-induced geomorphic heterogeneity and organic carbon stock in river corridors

(2018) DeAnna Laurel et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Beavers affect carbon biogeochemistry: both short-term and long-term processes are involved

(2018) Petri Nummi et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW

A review of Beaver-Salmonid relationships and history of management actions in the western great lakes (U.S.) region

(2018) Sean M Johnson-Bice et al.   NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

Low-tech riparian and wet meadow restoration increases vegetation productivity and resilience across semiarid rangelands

(2018) Nicholas L. Silverman et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Beaver Dams Induce Hyporheic and Biogeochemical Changes in Riparian Areas in a Mountain Peatland

(2018) Xiaoyue Wang et al.   WETLANDS

Can large carnivores change streams via a trophic cascade?

(2018) Robert L. Beschta et al.   Ecohydrology

Restoring stream ecosystem function with beaver dam analogues: Let's not make the same mistake twice

(2018) Laura Lautz et al.   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES

Rewilding wetlands: beaver as agents of within-habitat heterogeneity and the responses of contrasting biota

(2018) Nigel J. Willby et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Trophic rewilding: impact on ecosystems under global change

(2018) Elisabeth S. Bakker et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A process-based approach to restoring depositional river valleys to Stage 0, an anastomosing channel network

(2018) Paul D. Powers et al.   RIVER RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS

Linking beaver dam affected flow dynamics to upstream passage of Arctic grayling

(2018) Kyle A. Cutting et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Reintegrating the North American beaver ( Castor canadensis ) in the urban landscape

(2018) David R. Bailey et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water

Survey of Beaver-related Restoration Practices in Rangeland Streams of the Western USA

(2017) David S. Pilliod et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Meta-analysis of environmental effects of beaver in relation to artificial dams

(2017) Frauke Ecke et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Global patterns of shallow groundwater temperatures

(2017) Susanne A Benz et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Using tree ring analysis to determine impacts of a road on a boreal peatland

(2017) Emma Bocking et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Modeling the capacity of riverscapes to support beaver dams

(2017) William W. Macfarlane et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Alteration of stream temperature by natural and artificial beaver dams

(2017) Nicholas Weber et al.   PLoS One

Eurasian beaver activity increases water storage, attenuates flow and mitigates diffuse pollution from intensively-managed grasslands

(2017) Alan Puttock et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

(2017) Alan Law et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Beaver-mediated lateral hydrologic connectivity, fluvial carbon and nutrient flux, and aquatic ecosystem metabolism

(2017) Pam Wegener et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Inside the “Black Box” of River Restoration: Using Catchment History to Identify Disturbance and Response Mechanisms to Set Targets for Process-Based Restoration

(2017) Sarah Mika et al.   ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

A synergistic trio of invasive mammals? Facilitative interactions among beavers, muskrats, and mink at the southern end of the Americas

(2016) Ramiro D. Crego et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

The effects of river restoration on catchment scale flood risk and flood hydrology

(2016) Simon J. Dixon et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Evaluating impacts using a BACI design, ratios, and a Bayesian approach with a focus on restoration

(2016) Mary M. Conner et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Beaver-created deadwood dynamics in the boreal forest

(2016) Stella Thompson et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Beaver activity increases aquatic subsidies to terrestrial consumers

(2016) Magnus McCaffery et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Habitat engineering by beaver benefits aquatic biodiversity and ecosystem processes in agricultural streams

(2016) Alan Law et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Variation in reach-scale hydraulic conductivity of streambeds

(2016) M.J. Stewardson et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Are ecosystem services adequately quantified?

(2016) Annelies Boerema et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Minor effect of beaver dams on stream dissolved organic carbon in the catchment of a German drinking water reservoir

(2016) Matthias Koschorreck et al.   LIMNOLOGICA

Large contribution to inland water CO2 and CH4 emissions from very small ponds

(2016) Meredith A. Holgerson et al.   Nature Geoscience

The ecology and biogeochemistry of stream biofilms

(2016) Tom J. Battin et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Do geographically isolated wetlands influence landscape functions?

(2016) Matthew J. Cohen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Beaver ponds' impact on fluvial processes (Beskid Niski Mts., SE Poland)

(2016) Dorota Giriat et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The influence of an in-network lake on the timing, form, and magnitude of downstream dissolved organic carbon and nutrient flux

(2016) Alexey Kalinin et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Ecosystem experiment reveals benefits of natural and simulated beaver dams to a threatened population of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

(2016) Nicolaas Bouwes et al.   Scientific Reports

Spatiotemporal dynamics of boreal landscapes with ecosystem engineers: beavers influence the biogeochemistry of small lakes

(2015) Mia Vehkaoja et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Trends in Rocky Mountain amphibians and the role of beaver as a keystone species

(2015) Blake R. Hossack et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Post-establishment changes in habitat selection by an invasive species: beavers in the Patagonian steppe

(2015) Alejandro G. Pietrek et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Rare and dangerous: Recognizing extra-ordinary events in stream channels

(2015) Matthias Jakob et al.   Canadian Water Resources Journal

Banking carbon: a review of organic carbon storage and physical factors influencing retention in floodplains and riparian ecosystems

(2015) Nicholas A. Sutfin et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Impact of Beaver Pond Colonization History on Methylmercury Concentrations in Surface Water

(2015) Oded Levanoni et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Experimental evidence that the ecosystem effects of aquatic herbivory by moose and beaver may be contingent on water body type

(2015) Brenda Gail Bergman et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Beaver Ponds: Resurgent Nitrogen Sinks for Rural Watersheds in the Northeastern United States

(2015) Julia G. Lazar et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Science for a wilder Anthropocene: Synthesis and future directions for trophic rewilding research

(2015) Jens-Christian Svenning et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sediment-Trapping by Beaver Ponds in Streams of the Mid-Atlantic Piedmont and Coastal Plain, USA

(2015) Daniel E. Kroes et al.   SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST

Fate of 150 Year Old Beaver Ponds in the Laurentian Great Lakes Region

(2015) Carol A. Johnston   WETLANDS

Effects of in-channel beaver impoundments on mercury bioaccumulation in Rocky Mountain stream food webs

(2015) Kristin J. Painter et al.   Ecosphere

Impact of Beaver Dams on Abundance and Distribution of Anadromous Salmonids in Two Lowland Streams in Lithuania

(2015) Tomas Virbickas et al.   PLoS One

Beaver-mediated methane emission: The effects of population growth in Eurasia and the Americas

(2014) Colin J. Whitfield et al.   AMBIO

Beavers (Castor fiber) increase habitat availability, heterogeneity and connectivity for common frogs (Rana temporaria)

(2014) Lutz Dalbeck et al.   AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA

Whole-community facilitation by beaver: ecosystem engineer increases waterbird diversity

(2014) Petri Nummi et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Ecology, management, and conservation implications of North American beaver(Castor canadensis)in dryland streams

(2014) Polly P. Gibson et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Using Beaver Dams to Restore Incised Stream Ecosystems

(2014) Michael M. Pollock et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Beaver impact on stream fish life histories: the role of landscape and local attributes

(2014) Aneta Bylak et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Beavers (Castor canadensis) influence habitat for juvenile salmon in a large Alaskan river floodplain

(2014) Rachel L. Malison et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Ecological engineering and aquatic connectivity: a new perspective from beaver-modified wetlands

(2014) Glynnis A. Hood et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Distribution of Canadian Rocky Mountain Wetlands Impacted by Beaver

(2014) Alasdair Morrison et al.   WETLANDS

Spatial and Temporal Variability of Channel Retention in a Lowland Temperate Forest Stream Settled by European Beaver (Castor fiber)

(2014) Mateusz Grygoruk et al.   Forests

Seasonal Variation in Assimilated Diets of American Beavers

(2013) William J. Severud et al.   AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST

Biotic Drivers of Stream Planform

(2013) Lina E. Polvi et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Engineering by an invasive species alters landscape-level ecosystem function, but does not affect biodiversity in freshwater systems

(2013) Christopher B. Anderson et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Linking anti-predator behaviour to prey demography reveals limited risk effects of an actively hunting large carnivore

(2013) Arthur D. Middleton et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Beaver dams maintain fish biodiversity by increasing habitat heterogeneity throughout a low-gradient stream network

(2013) Joseph M. Smith et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Beaver pond effects on carbon storage in soils

(2013) Carol A. Johnston   GEODERMA

Classification of the alterations of beaver dams to headwater streams in northeastern Connecticut, U.S.A.

(2013) Denise Burchsted et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Beaver dams and channel sediment dynamics on Odell Creek, Centennial Valley, Montana, USA

(2013) Rebekah Levine et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Landscape-scale carbon storage associated with beaver dams

(2013) Ellen Wohl   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Spatio-temporal sedimentation patterns in beaver ponds along the Chevral river, Ardennes, Belgium

(2013) M. de Visscher et al.   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES

Anthropogenic perturbation of the carbon fluxes from land to ocean

(2013) Pierre Regnier et al.   Nature Geoscience

A STREAM EVOLUTION MODEL INTEGRATING HABITAT AND ECOSYSTEM BENEFITS

(2013) B. Cluer et al.   RIVER RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS

Do Beaver Dams Impede the Movement of Trout?

(2013) Ryan L. Lokteff et al.   TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY

Beaver-Created Habitat Heterogeneity Influences Aquatic Invertebrate Assemblages in Boreal Canada

(2013) Glynnis A. Hood et al.   WETLANDS

Invasive North American beaverCastor canadensisin Eurasia: a review of potential consequences and a strategy for eradication

(2013) Howard Parker et al.   WILDLIFE BIOLOGY

Relating hyporheic fluxes, residence times, and redox-sensitive biogeochemical processes upstream of beaver dams

(2013) Martin A. Briggs et al.   Freshwater Science

Natural and historical variability in fluvial processes, beaver activity, and climate in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

(2012) Lyman Persico et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Characteristics of beaver ponds on deltas in a mountain environment

(2012) David R. Butler   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Wetland vegetation dynamics in response to beaver (Castor canadensis) activity at multiple scales

(2012) Amanda M. Little et al.   ECOSCIENCE

Organic matter characterization and decomposition dynamics in sub Antarctic streams impacted by invasive beavers

(2012) Erica Ulloa et al.   Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research

Mechanisms of carbon storage in mountainous headwater rivers

(2012) Ellen Wohl et al.   Nature Communications

Competition favors elk over beaver in a riparian willow ecosystem

(2012) Bruce W. Baker et al.   Ecosphere

The beaver meadow complex revisited - the role of beavers in post-glacial floodplain development

(2011) Lina E. Polvi et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Feedbacks between geomorphology and biota controlling Earth surface processes and landforms: A review of foundation concepts and current understandings

(2011) Dov Corenblit et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Qualitative and quantitative effects of reintroduced beavers on stream fish

(2011) Paul S Kemp et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

A Primer on Winter, Ice, and Fish: What Fisheries Biologists Should Know about Winter Ice Processes and Stream-Dwelling Fish

(2011) Richard S. Brown et al.   FISHERIES

Using ground penetrating radar to ‘unearth’ buried beaver dams

(2011) Natalie Kramer et al.   GEOLOGY

Leaky rivers: Implications of the loss of longitudinal fluvial disconnectivity in headwater streams

(2011) Ellen Wohl et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Evolution of hydraulic conductivity in the floodplain of a meandering river due to hyporheic transport of fine materials

(2011) John D. Nowinski et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Does the morphology of beaver ponds alter downstream ecosystems?

(2011) Matthew R. Fuller et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Effect of beaver dams on the hydrology of small mountain streams: Example from the Chevral in the Ourthe Orientale basin, Ardennes, Belgium

(2011) J. Nyssen et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

The River Discontinuum: Applying Beaver Modifications to Baseline Conditions for Restoration of Forested Headwaters

(2010) Denise Burchsted et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Downstream effects of beaver ponds on the water quality of New England first- and second-order streams

(2010) Leszek A. Błȩdzki et al.   Ecohydrology

Beaver dams, hydrological thresholds, and controlled floods as a management tool in a desert riverine ecosystem, Bill Williams River, Arizona

(2010) Douglas C. Andersen et al.   Ecohydrology

Are wolves saving Yellowstone's aspen? A landscape-level test of a behaviorally mediated trophic cascade

(2010) Matthew J. Kauffman et al.   ECOLOGY

Succession of Beaver Ponds in Colorado 50 Years After Beaver Removal

(2010) Keith G. Hay   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Reduction of High Nitrate Concentrations in a Central New York State Stream Impounded by Beaver

(2010) Richard Lawrence Klotz   NORTHEASTERN NATURALIST

Ecosystem engineers maintain a rare species of butterfly and increase plant diversity

(2010) Rebecca A. Bartel et al.   OIKOS

Beaver assisted river valley formation

(2010) C. J. Westbrook et al.   RIVER RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS

Central Place Foraging by Beavers (Castor canadensis) in a Complex Lake Habitat

(2009) Thomas R. Raffel et al.   AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST

Habitat selection of the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) near its carrying capacity: an example from Norway

(2009) B. Pinto et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Beaver Ponds Increase Methylmercury Concentrations in Canadian Shield Streams along Vegetation and Pond-Age Gradients

(2009) Virginie Roy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Transient storage and downstream solute transport in nested stream reaches affected by beaver dams

(2009) Li Jin et al.   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES

Beaver dams along an agricultural stream in southern Ontario, Canada: their impact on riparian zone hydrology and nitrogen chemistry

(2009) Alan R. Hill et al.   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES

Recent History (1988–2004) of Beaver Dams along Bridge Creek in Central Oregon

(2009) Rick Demmer et al.   NORTHWEST SCIENCE

Holocene beaver damming, fluvial geomorphology, and climate in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

(2009) Lyman Persico et al.   QUATERNARY RESEARCH

Willow (Salixspp.) and aspen (Populus tremula) regrowth after felling by the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber): implications for riparian woodland conservation in Scotland

(2008) Kevin Jones et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Beaver (Castor canadensis) mitigate the effects of climate on the area of open water in boreal wetlands in western Canada

(2008) Glynnis A. Hood et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

The effects of high ungulate densities on foraging choices by beaver (Castor canadensis) in the mixed-wood boreal forest

(2008) G. A. Hood et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Niche construction, co-evolution and biodiversity

(2008) Kevin N. Laland et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

Do introduced North American beaversCastor canadensisengineer differently in southern South America? An overview with implications for restoration

(2008) CHRISTOPHER B. ANDERSON et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW

Tierra del Fuego: the beavers must die

(2008) Charles Choi   NATURE

Climatic change and wetland desiccation cause amphibian decline in Yellowstone National Park

(2008) S. K. McMenamin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Natural Streams and the Legacy of Water-Powered Mills

(2008) R. C. Walter et al.   SCIENCE

In-stream geomorphic structures as drivers of hyporheic exchange

(2008) Erich T. Hester et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Do beavers promote the invasion of non-native Tamarix in the Grand Canyon riparian zone?

(2008) Susan G. Mortenson et al.   WETLANDS

Habitat dynamics of beaver Castor canadensis at two spatial scales

(2008) Terho Hyvönen et al.   WILDLIFE BIOLOGY