ecosystem engineering

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Knowledge graph centered on ecosystem engineering with 71 nodes and 125 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Beetles, Crested Butte, Colorado East River Valley.

Definition

The modification of environments by organisms in ways that influence resource availability for other species, exemplified by beaver dam construction creating pond habitats.

Related Terms (11)

microenvironment modificationlocal environmental modificationecosystem engineerdisturbancebeaver-engineered structureshabitat modificationecosystem engineersbeaver engineeringecological engineersenvironmental engineers

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environmental modification

Publications (17)

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Best restoration practices: Do BDAs mimic inundation patterns of natural beaver dams?

2025

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Evaluating differences in water temperature and macroinvertebrate communities in BDA ponds, stream pools, and beaver dam ponds

2025

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Aquatic invertebrate communities in old, new, and re-formed beaver ponds in the Trail Creek watershed

2024

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Environmental Variation and Vegetative Composition in Beaver Engineered Ecosystems

2024

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Linking microenvironment modification to species interactions and demography in an alpine plant community

2023Oikos

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How beaver pond age affects aquatic invertebrates

2023

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Beaver dams overshadow climate extremes in controlling riparian hydrology and water quality

2022Nature Communications

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Shifting macroecological patterns and static theory failure in a stressed alpine plant community

2021Ecosphere

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ecosystem engineering

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Definition

Related Terms (11)

Publications (17)

Best restoration practices: Do BDAs mimic inundation patterns of natural beaver dams?

Evaluating differences in water temperature and macroinvertebrate communities in BDA ponds, stream pools, and beaver dam ponds

Aquatic invertebrate communities in old, new, and re-formed beaver ponds in the Trail Creek watershed

Environmental Variation and Vegetative Composition in Beaver Engineered Ecosystems

Linking microenvironment modification to species interactions and demography in an alpine plant community

How beaver pond age affects aquatic invertebrates

Beaver dams overshadow climate extremes in controlling riparian hydrology and water quality

Shifting macroecological patterns and static theory failure in a stressed alpine plant community

Related Concepts (10)

Indicator species

species evenness

community structure

groundwater-surface water interactions

ectotherm

environmental heterogeneity hypothesis

beaver pond hydrologic effects

functional feeding groups

macroinvertebrate community composition

species diversity index

Frequently Associated Species

Castor canadensis

Mayflies

Salix lucida subsp. lasiandra

Baetidae

Beetles

Artemisia tridentata

Perlodidae

Baetis

Baetis bicaudatus

Chironomidae

The impact of </Didymosphenia geminata> on the community structures of invertebrates in streams around the Rocky Mountain Biological Lab

The Effects of Ants on Ecosystem Dynamics: Investigating the Ecological Influence of Ant Nests in the Rocky Mountains

Pocket gopher activity across elevation gradients.

Ecosystem engineering by beavers affects mayfly life histories

Does the morphology of beaver ponds alter downstream ecosystems?

Ant presences alter plants: The impact <i>Formica obscuripes</i> presence on plants and soil micro-anthropod diversity

Impact of mound-building ants on ecosystem properties create islands of fertility in alpine meadows

Nest site selection by a secondary cavity-nesting species, the mountain bluebird

Effects of single and terraced beaver ponds on benthic macroinvertebrate communities