Beaver Hydrology and Geomorphology

Treatise on Geomorphology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2013, Pages 293-306

  Westbrook, C J ^a   Cooper, D J ^b   Butler, D R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank burrow; Beaver; Beaver dam; Beaver pond; Canal; Castor canadensis; Castor fiber; Ecohydrology; Ecosystem engineers; Evapotranspiration; Floodplains; Groundwater surface water interactions; Hydrologic processes; Hyporheic flow; Peatlands; Riparian areas; Sedimentation; Streamflow; Surface water storage; Water cycle; Zoogeomorphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903418751     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374739-6.00337-7     Document Type: Chapter

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