Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is an infectious disease that affects the central nervous systems of animals, typically affecting cervids such as deer, elk and moose.
Ecology
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Can wolf personalities change ecosystems? According to the latest research from the Voyageurs Wolf Project, published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, they can.
Plants & Animals
Jun 6, 2022
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It's no accident that both the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the California Institute of Technology claim the beaver (Castor canadensis) as their mascots. Renowned engineers, beavers seem able to dam any stream, ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 21, 2022
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One of the most comprehensive studies conducted on beavers has conclusively demonstrated that beavers are essential for freshwater conservation and ecosystem stability by creating and preserving aquatic and wetland environments ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 4, 2022
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A new report has highlighted how beavers are heading further north and are having a significant impact on the landscape of northern Canada and Alaska.
Plants & Animals
Dec 21, 2021
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odification of river habitat by Eurasian beavers helps fish in small upland streams, according to a new study led by the University of Southampton.
Plants & Animals
Oct 6, 2021
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Beavers are often translocated to restore populations in areas, reduce their conflicts with humans and to take advantage of their ability to improve ecosystems.
Plants & Animals
Aug 31, 2021
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Beavers are some of the world's most prolific ecosystem engineers, creating, maintaining and radically altering wetlands almost everywhere they live. But what, if anything, might control this engineering by beavers and influence ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 13, 2020
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Beavers are ecosystem engineers that cut down trees to build dams, eventually causing floods. Beaver-induced floods make forest landscapes and habitats increasingly diverse, but very little is known about the long-term effects ...
Ecology
Jun 10, 2020
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Reintroducing beavers to their native habitat is an important step towards solving the freshwater biodiversity crisis, according to experts at the University of Stirling.
Ecology
Aug 26, 2019
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