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Author : Ruth Owen
Publisher : Bearport Publishing
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781617721557
Describes how beaver kits learn to work with their parents to find food, repair the dam and lodge, and survive cold winters.
Author : Ruth Owen
Publisher : Bearport Publishing
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781617721953
With their flat, paddle-like tails and their super-long front teeth, beavers are among North America’s most interesting animals. They are incredible builders, using branches and logs to dam up rivers and streams to create ponds. Here, in the middle of the beaver-made ponds, they often build a lodge from mud, sticks, and other found items. It is inside the lodge that one to four cute little beaver kits are born in the spring. Through gorgeous photos and clear, simple text, readers will discover how the babies learn to work with their parents to find food, repair the dam and lodge, and survive cold winters in this coming-of-age introduction to beaver kits.
Author : Bobbie Kalman
Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0778706281
Describes the life cycle, environment, and habits of the American beaver.
Author : Dietland Müller-Schwarze,Lixing Sun
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Nature
ISBN : 080144098X
Beavers can and do dramatically change the landscape. The beaver is a keystone species their skills as foresters and engineers create and maintain ponds and wetlands that increase biodiversity, purify water, and prevent large-scale flooding. Biologists have long studied their daily and seasonal routines, family structures, and dispersal patterns. As human development encroaches into formerly wild areas, property owners and government authorities need new, nonlethal strategies for dealing with so-called nuisance beavers. At the same time, the complex behavior of beavers intrigues visitors at parks and other wildlife viewing sites because it is relatively easy to observe.In an up-to-date, exhaustively illustrated, and comprehensive book on beaver biology and management, Dietland Muller-Schwarze and Lixing Sun gather a wealth of scientific knowledge about both the North American and Eurasian beaver species. The Beaver is designed to satisfy the curiosity and answer the questions of anyone with an interest in these animals, from students who enjoy watching beaver ponds at nature centers to homeowners who hope to protect their landscaping. Photographs taken by the authors document every aspect of beaver behavior and biology, the variety of their constructions, and the habitats that depend on their presence. Beaver facts: Just as individual beavers shape their immediate surroundings, so did the distribution of beavers across North America influence the paths of English and French explorers and traders. As a result of the fur trade, beavers were wiped out across large areas of the United States. Reintroduction efforts led to the widespread establishment of these resilient animals, and now they are found throughout North America, Europe, and parts of the southern hemisphere. Beaver meadows provided early settlers with level, fertile pastures and hayfields. Based on the fossil record, the smallest extinct beaver species were the size of a muskrat, and the largest may have reached the size of a black bear (five to six times as large as today's North American beavers). Beaver-gnawed wood has been found alongside the skeleton of a mastodon. Some beavers remain in the home lodge for an extra year to assist their parents in raising younger siblings. They feed, groom, and guard the newborn kits. In 1600, beaver ponds covered eleven percent of the upper Mississippi and Missouri Rivers' watershed above Thebes, Illinois. Restoring only 3 percent of the original wetlands might suffice to prevent catastrophic floods such as those in the early 1990s."
Author : Frank Rosell,Róisín Campbell-Palmer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780192571991
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 : Katie Chanez
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Beavers
ISBN : 9798885244
In Beaver Kits in the Wild, beginning readers will learn about baby beavers as they grow up and learn to explore outside of their lodge. Follow along as beaver kits join the colony and learn from other beavers. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they are introduced to beaver kits' appearance, diet, behaviors, and habitat.A picture diagram labels a beaver kit's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about beaver kits online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Beaver Kits in the Wild also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, and an index. Beaver Kits in the Wild is part of Jump!'s Baby Animals in the Wild! series.
Author : Stephen Lyn Bales
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 1572335610
Accompanied by the author's striking line drawings, each chapter in Natural Histories showcases a particular animal or plant and each narrative begins or ends in, or passes through the Tennessee Valley. Along the way, historical episodes both familiar and obscure-the de Soto explorations, the saga of the Lost State of Franklin, the devastation of the Trail of Tears, and the planting of a "Moon Tree" at Sycamore Shoals in Elizabethton-are brought vividly to life. Bales also highlights the work of present-day environmentalists and scientists such as the dedicated staffers of the Tennessee-based American Eagle Foundation, whose efforts have helped save the endangered raptors and reintroduce them to the wild.
Author : Leila Philip
Publisher : Twelve
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-12-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781538755211
An intimate and revelatory dive into the world of the beaver—the wonderfully weird rodent that has surprisingly shaped American history and may save its ecological future. From award-winning writer Leila Philip, Beaverland is a masterful work of narrative science writing, a book that highlights, though history and contemporary storytelling, how this weird rodent plays an oversized role in American history and its future. She follows fur trappers who lead her through waist high water, fur traders and fur auctioneers, as well as wildlife managers, PETA activists, Native American environmental vigilantes, scientists, engineers, and the colorful group of activists known as beaver believers. Beginning with the early trans-Atlantic trade in North America, Leila Philip traces the beaver’s profound influence on our nation’s early economy and feverish western expansion, its first corporations and multi-millionaires. In her pursuit of this weird and wonderful animal, she introduces us to people whose lives are devoted to the beaver, including a Harvard scientist from the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana, who uses drones to create 3-dimensional images of beaver dams; and an environmental restoration consultant in the Chesapeake whose nickname is the “beaver whisperer”. What emerges is a poignant personal narrative, a startling portrait of the secretive world of the contemporary fur trade, and an engrossing ecological and historical investigation of these heroic animals who, once trapped to the point of extinction, have returned to the landscape as one of the greatest conservation stories of the 20th century. Beautifully written and impeccably researched, Beaverland reveals the profound ways in which one odd creature and the trade surrounding it has shaped history, culture, and our environment. The New York Times Editors' Choice NPR Science Friday Book Club Selection
Author : Caitlind L. Alexander
Publisher : Learning Island
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
How would you like to eat part of your house for food during the winter? Well that's just what some beavers do. Beavers are animals that live in the water. They spend most of their time there, even though they are mammals. That means they breathe air, so part of the time they are also on land. Beavers live in the water because it is safer for them. They can't run very fast, but they are great swimmers. Find out more about this wonderful animal and learn the answers to these questions: How does a beaver’s jaw help him carry logs? At what age do beaver teeth stop growing? What color are a beaver’s teeth? What different ways do beavers talk to each other? How many rooms are there in a beaver lodge? And many more! Learn what a beaver looks like, where it lives, what it eats, what eats it, how babies are born, and other fun facts. Ages 7 to 10 All measurements in American and metric. This Educational Version includes activities designed to reinforce Common Core Curriculum Standards. LearningIsland.com believes in the value of children practicing reading for 15 minutes every day. Our 15-Minute Books give children lots of fun, exciting choices to read, from classic stories, to mysteries, to books of knowledge. Many books are appropriate for hi-lo readers. Open the world of reading to a child by having them read for 15 minutes a day.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : In the Hands of a Child
Page : 59 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 200?
Category : Readers
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Anonim
Publisher : In the Hands of a Child
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Adam Reingold
Publisher : Bearport Publishing
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781597168724
Explore the remarkable homes built by animal architects! Beavers create complex structures to meet their needs, just like people do. Each beaver family builds a dam in a river or creek in order to make a pond. The furry engineers then build a lodge out of branches, logs, and mud in the middle of the pond. They stay safe and warm in a large room above the water in their lodge. Jaw-dropping photos, a habitat map, and fascinating information will captivate young readers as they learn about these truly spectacular animal towns.
Author : Christian Marie
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0836847342
Describes the physical aspects and social behavior of beavers from birth to adulthood.
Author : Róisín Campbell-Palmer,Derek Gow,Robert Needham,Simon Jones,Frank Rosell
Publisher : Pelagic Publishing Ltd
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781784270407
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 : Roisin Campbell-Palmer,Derek Gow,Gerhard Schwab,Duncan Halley,John Gurnell,Simon Girling,Skip Lisle,Ruairidh Campbell,Helen Dickinson,Simon Jones,Howard Parker,Frank Rosell
Publisher : Pelagic Publishing Ltd
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781784271152
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.