Where and How Wolves (Canis lupus) Kill Beavers (Castor canadensis). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Beavers (Castor canadensis) can be a significant prey item for wolves (Canis lupus) in boreal ecosystems due to their abundance and vulnerability on land.
Thomas D Gable +3 more
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Pan-tissue transcriptome analysis of long noncoding RNAs in the American beaver Castor canadensis [PDF]
BMC Genomics, 2020 Background Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have roles in gene regulation, epigenetics, and molecular scaffolding and it is hypothesized that they underlie some mammalian evolutionary adaptations. However, for many mammalian species, the absence of a genome
Amita Kashyap +16 more
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De Novo Genome and Transcriptome Assembly of the Canadian Beaver (Castor canadensis) [PDF]
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2017 The Canadian beaver (Castor canadensis) is the largest indigenous rodent in North America. We report a draft annotated assembly of the beaver genome, the first for a large rodent and the first mammalian genome assembled directly from uncorrected and ...
Si Lok +36 more
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Bacterial and Archaeal Diversity in the Gastrointestinal Tract of the North American Beaver (Castor canadensis). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The North American Beaver (Castor canadensis) is the second largest living rodent and an iconic symbol of Canada. The beaver is a semi-aquatic browser whose diet consists of lignocellulose from a variety of plants.
Robert J Gruninger +2 more
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Modeling intrinsic potential for beaver (Castor canadensis) habitat to inform restoration and climate change adaptation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Through their dam-building activities and subsequent water storage, beaver have the potential to restore riparian ecosystems and offset some of the predicted effects of climate change by modulating streamflow.
Benjamin J Dittbrenner +5 more
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Evaluation of non-invasive hair snares for North American beavers (Castor canadensis): placement, efficiency, and beaver’s behavioral response [PDF]
PeerJAlthough the commercial demand for North American beaver (Castor canadensis) hair shaped much of the socio-ecological landscape of North America, use of beaver hair in wildlife research has focused on the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) and collection ...
Dani R. Freund, Joseph K. Bump
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Medicinal keystone species: linking local medicinal systems and social-ecological systems in a One Health perspective [PDF]
Journal of Ethnobiology and EthnomedicineLocal medicinal systems, sometimes referred to as “traditional”, are characterized by a strong integration between human, animal and ecosystem health, of which the rich interdependencies are central tenets of the One Health perspective.
Michael Rapinski +3 more
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Re-evaluation of Sinocastor (Rodentia: Castoridae) with implications on the origin of modern beavers. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 The extant beaver, Castor, has played an important role shaping landscapes and ecosystems in Eurasia and North America, yet the origins and early evolution of this lineage remain poorly understood. Here we use a geometric morphometric approach to help re-
Natalia Rybczynski +3 more
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Legacy effects of loss of beavers in the continental United States
Environmental Research Letters, 2021 Through their modifications of channels and floodplains, beavers are a premier example of ecosystem engineers. Historical and stratigraphic records suggest that hundreds of millions of beavers once modified small to medium rivers throughout the northern ...
Ellen Wohl
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Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 2009 Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758 is the only indigenous species of the genus Castor in Europe and Asia. Due to extensive hunting until the beginning of the 20th century, the distribution of the formerly widespread Eurasian beaver was dramatically reduced ...
R. Kautenburger, A. C. Sander
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