Beavers
Radical Rodents and Ecosystem Engineers
Frances Backhouse
PDF
ca. 14,99 €
Kinder- und Jugendbücher / Sachbücher / Sachbilderbücher
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Key Selling Points
- As beaver populations recover, conflicts between beavers and humans are increasing. This book offers practical solutions that are good for both beavers and humans.
- Recent studies have highlighted the ability of beavers to help mitigate the effects of climate change, particularly drought, flooding and wildfires.
- Beavers are fascinating animals with a high recognition factor (their buckteeth and flat tail are unmistakable) and beaver kits are irresistibly cute.
- The author wrote an adult nonfiction book in 2015 about beavers called Once They Were Hats: In Search of the Mighty Beaver. She’s also the winner of the City of Victoria Butler Book Prize in 2010 for Children of the Klondike.
- There has been a dramatic increase in beaver research by biologists, hydrologists and other scientists over the past decade.
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beaver bafflers, wetlands, wildlife conservation, beaver trapping, beaver deceivers, threatened species, wire-wrapping trees, beaver pond, Castor fiber, keystone species, species reintroduction, castoreum, citizen science, sand-painting trees, North America’s largest rodent, habitat restoration, beaver dam, beaver lodge, climate change, urban wildlife coexistence, water stewardship, beaver hats, dam analogs, Canada’s national animal, Castor canadensis, semi-aquatic mammal, fur trade history, world’s second-largest rodent