Fig. 1: European beaver distribution and water balance in the studied beaver wetland. | Communications Earth & Environment

Fig. 1: European beaver distribution and water balance in the studied beaver wetland.

From: Beavers can convert stream corridors to persistent carbon sinks

Fig. 1: European beaver distribution and water balance in the studied beaver wetland.The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI.

a Study site location in northern Switzerland (red point) and observed range of Eurasian beaver habitats in Europe from 1960 to 2024, based on data from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy dataset (https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei, accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-11). b Fortnightly water balance between upstream (US) and downstream (DS) locations. The water balance is partitioned into subsurface storage and infiltration, wetland surface storage change, and evapotranspiration (ET). Positive values denote water losses along the reach. c Daily water surface area in channel, upstream (US), midstream (MS), and downstream (DS) sections of the wetland.

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