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Reintroduced, but not accepted: Stakeholder perceptions of beavers in Germany

People and Nature
While reintroductions of regionally extinct native species usually benefit ecosystems, reintroduced animals often struggle to locate appropriate habitats where they can establish themselves without conflict with humans.
Maximilian Hohm, Simon S. Moesch, Jennifer Bahm, Dagmar Haase, Jonathan M. Jeschke, Niko Balkenhol   +5 more
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Beavers, Blockades, and Animal Capital In Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s A Short History of the Blockade and Sydney Hegele’s The Pump

Canada and Beyond
This paper explores the beaver as a symbol and resource for Canadian national identity. It brings together the fields of animal studies, Indigenous critical theory, and critical political economy to read Sydney Hegele’s Ontario Gothic short story ...
Ishaan Selby
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Give beavers permanent residence - we'd be dam stupid not to [PDF]

, 2016
First paragraph: Beavers have recently made a tentative return to Britain. Scotland has led the way, with an official trial population in Knapdale, a remote area of lochs and forest in the west of the country; and another in Tayside to the east ...
Law, Alan, Willby, Nigel
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Use of Snares to Live-Capture Beavers

Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017
Wildlife managers, researchers, and nuisance-control operators often require a nonlethal means of capturing beavers (Castor canadensis). Historically, live-capture has relied on enclosure-type traps such as Bailey or Hancock traps.
Lance B. McNew Jr., Clayton K. Nielsen, Craig K. Bloomquist   +2 more
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Rewilding with the beaver in the iberian peninsula - Economic potential for river restoration

Nature-Based Solutions, 2023
Nature restoration is essential to tackle the loss of biodiversity and to adapt and mitigate the effects of climate change. Recently the United Nations declared 2021 - 2030 the decade for the Restoration of Ecosystems, while the European Union 2030 ...
Daniel Veríssimo, Catarina Roseta-Palma
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Can beavers help improve terrestrial invertebrate diversity?

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
On a global scale, species biodiversity is declining rapidly, including that of terrestrial invertebrates. Environmental heterogeneity is viewed as a key factor promoting biodiversity, and previous studies have shown how beavers can have a profound ...
Line Holm Andersen, Petri Nummi, Simon Bahrndorff   +2 more
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beavers [PDF]

, 1972
beaver2A game that we played at parties when I was ten is one where there was one home base & two "beavers" or tag men. The object was to leave home base and tease the beavers into trying to catch you. If they did you had to help them catch more.

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Beavers away! [PDF]

, 2016
Describes the Statewide Trapping and Relocation Project in Idaho, in which seventy-six beavers were reintroduced to traditional habitats through the non-traditional method of air drops: delivery in wooden boxes attached to parachutes.
Lovett, Jennifer
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Dam Constructed by Beavers [PDF]

, 1960
Photograph of dam constructed by beavers. Section of this dam was broken and beavers repaired it soon after.
Bryan, Hugo
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The hydrological modeling in terms of determining the potential European beaver effect

Geodesy and Cartography, 2017
The objective of the paper was the hydrological analysis, in terms of categorizing main watercourses (based on coupled catchments) and marking areas covered by potential impact of the occurrence and activities of the European beaver Castor fiber.
Szostak Marta, Jagodzińska Jadwiga
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