Beaver Vs Beaver

Author : Glynnis Hood
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781926855585

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The Beaver Manifesto by Glynnis Hood Pdf

Beavers are the great comeback story--a keystone species that survived ice ages, major droughts, the fur trade, urbanization and near extinction. Their ability to create and maintain aquatic habitats has endeared them to conservationists, but puts the beavers at odds with urban and industrial expansion. These conflicts reflect a dichotomy within our national identity. We place environment and our concept of wilderness as a key touchstone for promotion and celebration, while devoting significant financial and personal resources to combating "the beaver problem." We need to rethink our approach to environmental conflict in general, and our approach to species-specific conflicts in particular. Our history often celebrates our integration of environment into our identity, but our actions often reveal an exploitation of environment and celebration of its subjugation. Why the conflict with the beaver? It is one of the few species that refuses to play by our rules and continues to modify environments to meet its own needs and the betterment of so many other species, while at the same time showing humans that complete dominion over nature is not necessarily achievable.

Author : Shannon Stewart
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 75 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781459817296

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Badir and the Beaver by Shannon Stewart Pdf

It's Ramadan, a time to focus on good deeds and to fast, and Badir and his brother, Anis, are out for a walk one evening while they wait for their iftar meal. In the park Badir sees a rat. A very, very large rat. He soon learns it’s actually a beaver, an animal that doesn't live in Tunisia, the country Badir and his family have emigrated from. It turns out that some of the neighbors who enjoy the park think this beaver is a bit of a pest, but Badir thinks it's wonderful and learns everything he can about the iconic Canadian animal. When a petition is started to remove the beaver, Badir, who knows firsthand how difficult it is to leave your home behind, rallies his classmates to save it. And with a little help from new friends, the kids learn that collaboration and faith can change the way we think about the world. The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

Author : Frances Backhouse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1770412077

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Once They Were Hats by Frances Backhouse Pdf

Beavers, those icons of industriousness, have been gnawing down trees, building dams, shaping the land and creating critical habitat in North America for at least a million years. They were once one of the continent's most ubiquitous mammals. Then the European fur traders arrived. In Once They Were Hats, Frances Backhouse examines humanity's 15,000-year relationship with Castor canadensis, and the beaver's even older relationship with North American landscapes and ecosystems. Along the way she discovers how we can learn to live with beavers as they return.

Author : Horace T. Martin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Beavers
ISBN : HARVARD:32044107351124

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Castorologia by Horace T. Martin Pdf

Author : Ben Goldfarb
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : NATURE
ISBN : 9781603587396

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Eager by Ben Goldfarb Pdf

Our modern idea of what a healthy landscape looks like and how it functions is distorted by the fur trade that once trapped out millions of beavers from North America's lakes and rivers. Goldfarb shares the powerful story about one of the world's most influential species. He explains how North America was colonized, how our landscapes have changed over the centuries, and how beavers can help us fight drought, flooding, wildfire, extinction, and the ravages of climate change. -- adapted from jacket

Author : Róisín Campbell-Palmer,Derek Gow,Robert Needham,Simon Jones,Frank Rosell
Publisher : Pelagic Publishing Ltd
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781784270407

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The Eurasian Beaver by Róisín Campbell-Palmer,Derek Gow,Robert Needham,Simon Jones,Frank Rosell Pdf

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 : Anne-Marie Dalmais
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0865928592

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The Beaver by Anne-Marie Dalmais Pdf

Text and pictures present a year in the life of a beaver family and their activities during that time.

Author : Frances Backhouse
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781459824713

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Beavers by Frances Backhouse Pdf

By cutting trees and building dams, beavers shape landscapes and provide valuable wetland homes for many plants and animals. These radical rodents were once almost hunted to extinction for their prized fur, but today we are building a new relationship with them, and our appreciation of the benefits they offer as habitat creators and water stewards is growing. Packed with facts and personal stories, this book looks at the beaver’s biology and behavior and illuminates its vital role as a keystone species. The beaver’s comeback is one of North America’s greatest conservation success stories and Beavers: Radical Rodents and Ecosystem Engineers introduces readers to the conservationists, scientists and young people who are working to build a better future for our furry friends.

Author : Magnus Weightman
Publisher : Clavis
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11
Category : Animals
ISBN : 1605373575

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Welcome Home, Beaver by Magnus Weightman Pdf

After leaving his home on an adventure, Beaver and Akita the dog travel around the world searching for Beaver's home.

Author : Kirsten Chang
Publisher : Blastoff! Readers
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08
Category : Beavers
ISBN : 1644871971

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Beaver Or Muskrat? by Kirsten Chang Pdf

"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces beavers and muskrats to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--

Author : Frank Rosell,Róisín Campbell-Palmer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780192571991

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Beavers by Frank Rosell,Róisín Campbell-Palmer Pdf

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,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 : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781784271152

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The Eurasian Beaver Handbook by 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 Pdf

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
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781603589963

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Bringing Back the Beaver by Derek Gow Pdf

"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 : Dietland Müller-Schwarze,Lixing Sun
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Nature
ISBN : 080144098X

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The Beaver by Dietland Müller-Schwarze,Lixing Sun Pdf

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 : Lewis Henry Morgan
Publisher : Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : American beaver
ISBN : BSB:BSB10308268

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The American Beaver and His Works by Lewis Henry Morgan Pdf

Howes M802 "Probably the first study of the behavior of a single animal in the mordern sense and certainly the first American work in comparative psychology."--Gach. "..long regarded as a classic on the subject." DAB, Vol. XIII, 185.