Invasive North American beaver Castor canadensis in Eurasia: a review of potential consequences and a strategy for eradication

Howard Parker; Petri Nummi; Göran Hartman; Frank Rosell

doi:10.2981/12-007

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1 December 2012 Invasive North American beaver Castor canadensis in Eurasia: a review of potential consequences and a strategy for eradication

Howard Parker, Petri Nummi, Göran Hartman, Frank Rosell

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Wildlife Biology, 18(4):354-365 (2012). https://doi.org/10.2981/12-007

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Distribution of the Eurasian (light grey) and North American (dark grey) beavers in western Eurasia. The hatched area indicates the approximate region of population overlap near the Finnish-Russian border.

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History and present status of the North American beaver either purposely released or known to have escaped from captivity in Europe and Asia.

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Comparative life history characteristics of adult North American and Eurasian beavers collected in Fennoscandia and the adjacent Russian Karelia-Leningrad region during winter and spring. Mean adult body length (excluding the tail) and mass (including the tail) are pooled for both sexes.

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