Comeback of the beaver Castor fiber: An overview of old and new conservation problems

Biological Conservation

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-173

  Nolet, Bart A ^a   Rosell, Frank ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Population control and damage control; Reintroduction; Translocation

Indexed keywords

BEAVER; CONSERVATION; EURASIAN BEAVER; POPULATION INCREASE; TRANSLOCATION;

ASIA; EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; CASTOR CANADENSIS; CASTOR FIBER; CASTORIDAE; RIPARIA;

EID: 0032008281     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00066-9     Document Type: Article

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