Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 3, Page 1091-1119, June 2026.ABSTRACT The ecology of forests, their losses, and terrestrial wood decomposition dynamics have been intensively studied and reviewed. In the aquatic realm, reviews have concentrated on large wood (LW) in rivers and the transition from freshwater to marine environments in the Pacific Northwest of North America. However, a comprehensive global synthesis
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Aspen utilization by beaver (Castor canadensis) in northern Wisconsin [PDF]
, 1983 Aspen utilization by beaver (Castor canadensis) in northern Wisconsin. A quantitative survey of the feeding relationships of beaver at two ponds showed quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) was the main food.
Johnson, R.B.
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Determination of Central Foraging Stratiegies and Location of Beaver (Castor Canadensis) in Grand Teton National Park [PDF]
, 2011 Beavers (Castor Canadensis) are an indicator species of an ecosystems health. To utilize them as an indicator it is imperative to know their location and their foraging and movement patterns.
Gribb, William
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Spatial and Trophic Niche Specialization in Castor Canadensis [PDF]
, 2016 The Hutchinsonian niche is the n dimensional hyper volume that allows for the persistence of a species. Castor canadensis, a large semi-aquatic rodent, is an ecosystem engineer and often a keystone species for many ecosystems.
Francis, Robert Antonio
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Beaver-induced spatiotemporal patch dynamics affect landscape-level environmental heterogeneity
Environmental Research Letters, 2020 Beavers ( Castor sp.) are ecosystem engineers that cause significant changes to their physical environment and alter the availability of resources to other species. We studied flood dynamics created by American beaver ( C.
Sonja Kivinen, Petri Nummi, Timo Kumpula
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Tree species, distance and diameter selection by Castor canadensis. [PDF]
, 1991 This study was conducted to reveal tree species, distance from shore and diameter preference of beaver (Castor canadensis). Beavers at Robinson's Lake in Wolverine, Michigan attacked 100% of the trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) trees available ...
Kerin, Dolly
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What Is Your Diagnosis? Blood Smear From a North American Beaver (Castor canadensis)
Veterinary Clinical Pathology, EarlyView.
Lilani Munasinghe +4 more
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Castor canadensis (American Beaver) skull [PDF]
Castor canadensis (American Beaver) 5/24/2022 Group: Mammals Family: Castoridae Notes Common Name: American Beaver Year Noted: 2022 Identified By: tfrench (iNaturalist). First Noted By: N.
Ritter, Nur
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Habitat classification models for beaver (Castor canadensis) in the streams of the central Oregon Coast Range [PDF]
, 1998 During 1988-1989, 22 stream habitat attibutes were measured and compared between 40 beaver-dam sites and 72 unoccupied stream sites to identify attributes associated with dam-site selection by beaver (Castor canadensis) in streams of the Drift Creek ...
Suzuki, Nobuya, McComb, William C.
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Telling the North American beaver tale: modelling Castor canadensis distribution in Mi'kma'ki (Nova Scotia, Canada) [PDF]
, 2023 Earth and Environmental Sciences Undergraduate Honours ThesesThe American beaver (Castor canadensis) is a keystone species of both significant ecological and biocultural importance in Mi'kma'ki (Nova Scotia).
Bahen, Geneva
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