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Beavers - Ecology, Behaviour, Conservation, and Management (Hardcover)
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Beavers - Ecology, Behaviour, Conservation, and Management (Hardcover)
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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.
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