The Eurasian Beaver Handbook

Author : Roisin Campbell-Palmer
Publisher : PELAGIC PUB Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781784271138
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Eurasian Beaver Handbook written by Roisin Campbell-Palmer and published by PELAGIC PUB Limited. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a detailed overview of the ecology and behaviour of the Eurasian beaver. It shows how to recognise the presence and activities of beavers. It provides tried and tested methods for mitigating adverse impacts of beaver behaviour and demonstrates how to apply management techniques in accordance with current legislation.

Author : Róisín Campbell-Palmer
Publisher : Pelagic Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1784270407
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Eurasian Beaver written by Róisín Campbell-Palmer and published by Pelagic Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2015-01-19 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Eurasian beaver was near extinction at the start of the twentieth century, hunted across Europe for its fur, meat and castoreum. But now the beaver is on the brink of a comeback, with wild beaver populations, licensed and unlicensed, emerging all over Britain.

Author : Frank Rosell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192571990
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beavers written by Frank Rosell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-07 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Roisin Campbell-Palmer
Publisher : Pelagic Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1784271152
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Eurasian Beaver Handbook written by Roisin Campbell-Palmer and published by Pelagic Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beavers are widely recognised as a keystone species which play a pivotal role in riparian ecology. Their tree felling and dam building behaviours coupled with a suite of other activities create a wealth of living opportunities that are exploited by a range of other species. Numerous scientific studies demonstrate that beaver-generated living environments that are much richer in terms of both biodiversity and biomass than wetland environments from which they are absent. Emerging contemporary studies indicate clearly that the landscapes they create can afford sustainable, cost-effective remedies for water retention, flood alleviation, silt and chemical capture. Beaver activities, especially in highly modified environments, may be challenging to certain land use activities and landowners. Many trialled and tested methods to mitigate against these impacts, including a wide range of non-lethal management techniques, are regularly implemented across Europe and North America. Many of these techniques will be new to people, especially in areas where beavers are newly re-establishing. This handbook serves to discuss both the benefits and challenges in living with this species, and collates the wide range of techniques that can be implemented to mitigate any negative impacts. The authors of this handbook are all beaver experts and together they have a broad range of scientific knowledge and practical experience regarding the ecology, captive husbandry, veterinary science, pathology, reintroduction and management of beavers in both continental Europe and Britain.

Author : Derek Gow
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603589961
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bringing Back the Beaver written by Derek Gow and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A bold new voice in nature writing, from the front lines of Britain's rewilding movement Bringing Back the Beaver is farmer-turned-ecologist Derek Gow's inspirational and often riotously funny firsthand account of how the movement to rewild the British landscape with beavers has become the single most dramatic and subversive nature conservation act of the modern era. Since the early 1990s - in the face of outright opposition from government, landowning elites and even some conservation professionals - Gow has imported, quarantined and assisted the reestablishment of beavers in waterways across England and Scotland. In addition to detailing the ups and downs of rewilding beavers, Bringing Back the Beaver makes a passionate case as to why the return of one of nature's great problem solvers will be critical as part of a sustainable fix for flooding and future drought, whilst ensuring the creation of essential lifescapes that enable the broadest possible spectrum of Britain's wildlife to thrive"--

Author : Frank Rosell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198835043
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beavers written by Frank Rosell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-10-23 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Róisín Campbell-Palmer
Publisher : PELAGIC PUB Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781784270346
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Eurasian Beaver written by Róisín Campbell-Palmer and published by PELAGIC PUB Limited. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting a case for our future coexistence with beavers, this volume covers the biology, behaviour and ecology of the Eurasian beaver in a British context, from their early history in archaeology and folklore to their contemporary field signs in the wild.

Author : Jane Russ
Publisher : Nature Book
ISBN 13 : 9781912654178
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Red Squirrel Book written by Jane Russ and published by Nature Book. This book was released on 2019-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A must-have for all British nature lovers, The Red Squirrel Book is a stunning compendium of fact and photography.

Author : Bill Breed
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 0643091661
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Native Mice and Rats written by Bill Breed and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2007 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the diversity, evolution and ecology of this much neglected group of animals, and describes their range of reproductive strategies and dietary adaptations. The book includes a chapter on rodent diseases, the impact of human settlement, and the efforts that are being made to conserve key species.

Author : Michael Runtz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781554553242
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dam Builders written by Michael Runtz and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive overview of the lives of beavers and the habitats that arise from their actions. It is a visual extravaganza with approximately 400 photographs providing intimate insights into the lives of beavers and the other inhabitants of their ponds. And many new observations and rarely seen moments will be revealed as well.