The history of the beaver in Scotland and the case for its reintroduction

British Wildlife

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 156-161

  Kitchener, Andrew C ^a   Conroy, Jim ^b  

^a Royal Museum of Scotland

^b Institute of Terrestrial Ecology

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAVER; HABITAT REQUIREMENT; PLANNING; REINTRODUCTION;

UK, SCOTLAND;

CASTOR FIBER;

EID: 0029661141     PISSN: 09580956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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