Matches in SemOpenAlex for { <https://semopenalex.org/work/W2187871567> ?p ?o ?g. }
- W2187871567 endingPage "99" @default.
- W2187871567 startingPage "72" @default.
- W2187871567 abstract "The construction of beaver dams facilitates a suite of hydrologic, hydraulic, geomorphic, and ecological feedbacks that increase stream complexity and channel–floodplain connectivity that benefit aquatic and terrestrial biota. Depending on where beaver build dams within a drainage network, they impact lateral and longitudinal connectivity by introducing roughness elements that fundamentally change the timing, delivery, and storage of water, sediment, nutrients, and organic matter. While the local effects of beaver dams on streams are well understood, broader coverage network models that predict where beaver dams can be built and highlight their impacts on connectivity across diverse drainage networks are lacking. Here we present a capacity model to assess the limits of riverscapes to support dam-building activities by beaver across physiographically diverse landscapes. We estimated dam capacity with freely and nationally-available inputs to evaluate seven lines of evidence: (1) reliable water source, (2) riparian vegetation conducive to foraging and dam building, (3) vegetation within 100 m of edge of stream to support expansion of dam complexes and maintain large colonies, (4) likelihood that channel-spanning dams could be built during low flows, (5) the likelihood that a beaver dam is likely to withstand typical floods, (6) a suitable stream gradient that is neither too low to limit dam density nor too high to preclude the building or persistence of dams, and (7) a suitable river that is not too large to restrict dam building or persistence. Fuzzy inference systems were used to combine these controlling factors in a framework that explicitly also accounts for model uncertainty. The model was run for 40,561 km of streams in Utah, USA, and portions of surrounding states, predicting an overall network capacity of 356,294 dams at an average capacity of 8.8 dams/km. We validated model performance using 2852 observed dams across 1947 km of streams. The model showed excellent agreement with observed dam densities where beaver dams were present. Model performance was spatially coherent and logical, with electivity indices that effectively segregated capacity categories. That is, beaver dams were not found where the model predicted no dams could be supported, beaver avoided segments that were predicted to support rare or occasional densities, and beaver preferentially occupied and built dams in areas predicted to have pervasive dam densities. The resulting spatially explicit reach-scale (250 m long reaches) data identifies where dam-building activity is sustainable, and at what densities dams can occur across a landscape. As such, model outputs can be used to determine where channel–floodplain and wetland connectivity are likely to persist or expand by promoting increases in beaver dam densities." @default.
- W2187871567 created "2016-06-24" @default.
- W2187871567 creator A5022034270 @default.
- W2187871567 creator A5029825687 @default.
- W2187871567 creator A5032512534 @default.
- W2187871567 creator A5054942417 @default.
- W2187871567 creator A5067009437 @default.
- W2187871567 creator A5079267198 @default.
- W2187871567 creator A5083276599 @default.
- W2187871567 date "2017-01-01" @default.
- W2187871567 modified "2023-10-15" @default.
- W2187871567 title "Modeling the capacity of riverscapes to support beaver dams" @default.
- W2187871567 cites W1531936534 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W1577576345 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W1924931779 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W1943106532 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W1975362317 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W1982544174 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W1983517082 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W1985151017 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W1987078924 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W1988153722 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W1993162763 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W1995009665 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W1997366309 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2003326666 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2009691778 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2011775759 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2016213569 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2016823333 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2018553679 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2018904035 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2020892105 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2026720596 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2026915698 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2031693252 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2034704376 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2041722624 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2042047158 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2047262663 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2048916695 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2054522945 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2059935333 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2065456800 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2077044847 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2081398131 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2081811798 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2084681694 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2096150230 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2096243715 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2099705917 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2099740982 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2112500495 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2113346625 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2118555985 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2122421774 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2125454074 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2127016901 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2127915800 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2128417323 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2128644972 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2128942719 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2135388016 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2135546836 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2137913102 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2138446583 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2142999784 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2149697467 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2150012753 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2152928027 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2165035549 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2165094119 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2166952597 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2167239677 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2168696601 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2169676179 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2170829451 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2177174064 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2178359858 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2313231096 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2316607927 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2326879900 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2332205504 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2334438872 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W2406005538 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W4246332679 @default.
- W2187871567 cites W4246636544 @default.
- W2187871567 doi "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.11.019" @default.
- W2187871567 hasPublicationYear "2017" @default.
- W2187871567 type Work @default.
- W2187871567 sameAs 2187871567 @default.
- W2187871567 citedByCount "67" @default.
- W2187871567 countsByYear W21878715672016 @default.
- W2187871567 countsByYear W21878715672017 @default.
- W2187871567 countsByYear W21878715672018 @default.
- W2187871567 countsByYear W21878715672019 @default.
- W2187871567 countsByYear W21878715672020 @default.
- W2187871567 countsByYear W21878715672021 @default.