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Author Rosell, Frank, 1969- author.

Title Beavers : ecology, behaviour, conservation, and management / Frank Rosell (Department of Natural Sciences and Environmental Health, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway), Róisín Campbell-Palmer (Independent Beaver Ecologist, UK and Republic of Ireland)
Edition First edition
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022
©2022

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Description 1 online resource (x, 454 pages) : color illustrations
Contents 1. Introducing the beaver -- 2. Utilization and distribution of beavers -- 3. Beaver morphology and physiology -- 4. Habitat use and constructions -- 5. The seasonal vegetarian -- 6. Activity patterns and life history -- 7. Territoriality, communication, and populations -- 8. Mortality and morbidity -- 9. The ecological engineer -- 10. Animal management and population monitoring -- 11. Living with beavers: an 'adorable nuisance'?
Summary "Beavers are represented by two extant species, the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) and the North American beaver (Castor canadensis); each has played a significant role in human history and dominated wetland ecology in the northern hemisphere. Their behaviour and ecology both fascinate and perhaps even infuriate, but seemingly never fail to amaze. Both species have followed similar histories from relentless persecution to the verge of extinction (largely through hunting), followed by their subsequent recovery and active restoration which is viewed by many as a major conservation success story. Beavers have now been reintroduced throughout Europe and North America, demonstrating that their role as a keystone engineer is now widely recognised with proven abilities to increase the complexity and biodiversity of freshwater ecosystems. What animals other than humans can simultaneously act as engineers, forest workers, carpenters, masons, creators of habitats, and nature managers? Over the last 20 years, there has been a huge increase in the number of scientific papers published on these remarkable creatures, and an authoritative synthesis is now timely. This accessible text goes beyond their natural history to describe the impacts on humans, conflict mitigation, animal husbandry, management, and conservation. Beavers: Ecology, Behaviour, Conservation, and Management is an accessible reference for a broad audience of professional academics (especially carnivore and mammalian biologists), researchers and graduate students, governmental and non-governmental wildlife bodies, and amateur natural historians intrigued by these wild animals and the extraordinary processes of nature they exemplify."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 20, 2022)
Subject Beavers.
American beaver -- Ecology
European beaver -- Ecology
American beaver -- Behavior
European beaver -- Behavior
American beaver -- Behavior
American beaver -- Ecology
Beavers
Form Electronic book
Author Campbell-Palmer, Roisin, author.
ISBN 9780192571991
0192571990