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 …

Catchment concentration–discharge relationships across temporal scales: A review

SL Speir, LA Rose, JR Blaszczak… - Wiley …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Processes that drive variability in catchment solute sourcing, transformation, and transport
can be investigated using concentration–discharge (C–Q) relationships. These relationships …

Transformation of dissolved organic matter and related arsenic mobility at a surface water-groundwater interface in the Hetao Basin, China

Z Gao, H Guo, D Chen, C Yu, C He, Q Shi, W Qiao… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Porewater arsenic mobility above the groundwater table has been recognized as a potential
cause of arsenic-rich groundwater, but the processing pathways of dissolved organic matter …

Seasonal oxygenation of contaminated floodplain soil releases Zn to porewater

C Dewey, F Juillot, S Fendorf… - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Soil zinc contamination is a major threat to water quality and sensitive ecosystems. While Zn
itself is not redox-active in soils, transitions in soil redox conditions may promote …

Effects of cascade hydropower stations on hydrologic cycle in Xiying river basin, a runoff in Qilian mountain

R Li, G Zhu, S Lu, G Meng, L Chen, Y Wang… - Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
Establishing terraced hydropower stations in mountainous regions with abundant
hydropower resources is a highly efficient approach to fostering socio-economic …

Seasonal Controls on Microbial Depolymerization and Oxidation of Organic Matter in Floodplain Soils

CG Anderson, MM Tfaily, RK Chu, N Tolić… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Floodplain soils are vast reservoirs of organic carbon often attributed to anaerobic
conditions that impose metabolic constraints on organic matter degradation. What remains …

Beaver dams in Mediterranean ecosystems: trait‐specific effects on macroinvertebrates

G Mazza, F Turillazzi, L Ancillotto, A Viviano… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
After centuries of extinction due to human persecution, Eurasian beavers Castor fiber L.
have been released to Southern Europe in the last decades. Being ecosystem engineers …

Mountainous floodplain connectivity in response to hydrological transitions

T Babey, Z Perzan, S Pierce, B Rogers… - Water Resources …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In mountainous watersheds, floodplain sediments are typically characterized by gravel bed
layers capped by an overlying soil unit that serves as a hotspot for biogeochemical reactivity …

Beavers ecosystem altering: Influence of beaver dams on aquatic invertebrates in newly created beavers ponds and small mountain river

A Spyra, A Cieplok, M Krodkiewska - Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology, 2024 - Elsevier
Beaver-created ponds constitute an important element of small water retention in forest
catchments and preserving biodiversity as breeding sites for vertebrates and invertebrates …

Quantifying hydrological responses to monsoon‐controlled precipitation across the soil‐groundwater‐stream continuum with long‐term high‐frequency hydrometric …

X Dai, Y Xie, A Liao, C Wang, J Lin… - Hydrological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Stream water, groundwater and soil water in the riparian zone are closely linked. Their
responses to rainfall events controlled by monsoon climate are variable and intertwined …