Reintroducing the beaver (Castor fiber) to Scotland: A protocol for identifying and assessing suitable release sites

Animal Conservation

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-133

  Macdonald, David W ^a   Tattersall, Françoise H ^a   Rushton, Stephen ^b   South, Andy B ^b   Shaila, Rao ^a,d   Maitland, Peter ^c   Strachan, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Fish Conservation Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d MLURI   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASTOR FIBER; CASTORIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0004416475     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943000000822     Document Type: Article

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