Evidence for the possible role of beaver (Castor fiber) in the prehistoric ontogenesis of a mire in northwest England, UK

Holocene

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 503-508

  Wells, Colin E ^a,c   Hodgkinson, David ^b   Huckerby, Elizabeth ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Wardell Armstrong LLP   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beaver (Castor fiber); Mire ontogenesis; Northwest England; Prehistoric clearance

Indexed keywords

DAM; FLOODING; MIRE; PALEOECOLOGY; PEAT; SEDIMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WOODLAND;

BIOTIC FACTOR; HOLOCENE; MIRE; ONTOGENY; PALEOECOLOGY; RODENT;

ENGLAND(LANCASHIRE); UNITED KINGDOM;

CASTOR FIBER;

EID: 0034095678     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968300671442402     Document Type: Article

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