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ecosystem engineering
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Knowledge graph centered on ecosystem engineering with 41 nodes and 114 connections. Top connected: elevational gradients, species diversity, space use, groundwater storage dynamics, thermal performance.
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 (12)
microenvironment modificationlocal environmental modificationecosystem engineerdisturbanceinteraction modificationbeaver-engineered structureshabitat modificationecosystem engineersbeaver engineeringecological engineers
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environmental engineersenvironmental modification
Publications (18)
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Best restoration practices: Do BDAs mimic inundation patterns of natural beaver dams?
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Evaluating differences in water temperature and macroinvertebrate communities in BDA ponds, stream pools, and beaver dam ponds
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Aquatic invertebrate communities in old, new, and re-formed beaver ponds in the Trail Creek watershed
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Environmental Variation and Vegetative Composition in Beaver Engineered Ecosystems
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Linking microenvironment modification to species interactions and demography in an alpine plant community
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How beaver pond age affects aquatic invertebrates
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Beaver dams overshadow climate extremes in controlling riparian hydrology and water quality
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Shifting macroecological patterns and static theory failure in a stressed alpine plant community
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The impact of </Didymosphenia geminata> on the community structures of invertebrates in streams around the Rocky Mountain Biological Lab
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Parasitism modifies the direct effects of warming on a hemiparasite and its host
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The Effects of Ants on Ecosystem Dynamics: Investigating the Ecological Influence of Ant Nests in the Rocky Mountains
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Pocket gopher activity across elevation gradients.
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Ecosystem engineering by beavers affects mayfly life histories
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Does the morphology of beaver ponds alter downstream ecosystems?
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Ant presences alter plants: The impact <i>Formica obscuripes</i> presence on plants and soil micro-anthropod diversity
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Impact of mound-building ants on ecosystem properties create islands of fertility in alpine meadows
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Nest site selection by a secondary cavity-nesting species, the mountain bluebird
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