Possible tool use by beavers, Castor canadensis, in a northern Ontario watershed

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 441-443

  Barnes, D M ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beaver; Boreal forest; Castor canadensis; Foraging; Ontario; Tool use

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION RISK; RODENT; TOOL USE; WATERSHED;

CANADA; CHAPLEAU CROWN GAME PRESERVE; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

CASTOR CANADENSIS; CASTORIDAE; SALIX; SALIX ARBUSCULOIDES;

EID: 33845916537     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v119i3.157     Document Type: Article

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