Ecological impact of beavers Castor fiber and Castor canadensis and their ability to modify ecosystems

By F. Rosell, Orsolya Bozsér, P. Collen, H. Parker. 2005

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Beaver (Castor canadensis) mitigate the effects of climate on the area of open water in boreal wetlands in western Canada (2008, background): “After European beaver (Castor fiber) were extirpated from many areas of Europe (Nolet and Rosell, 1998; Rosell et al., 2005), North American beaver were aggressively harvested in Canada and the United States from the 17th century to the early 20th century.”
Ecology, management, and conservation implications of North American beaver (Castor canadensis) in dryland streams (2014, background): “increased water surface area, longer residence time, and decreased shading (Rosell et al., 2005), although cooler water temperature due to deep pools and increased willow shading has also been cited as a potential benefit to be provided by beaver activity (Wild, 2011).”
Ecological Benefits of Reduced Hydrologic Connectivity in Intensively Developed Landscapes (2010, unknown): “…impoundments are partially analogous to the effects of beaver dams that were historically numerous in all humid regions of the United States (e.g., Rosell et al. 2005), the principal differences being that small impoundments completely prevent fish movement, whereas beaver dams only impede fish…”
The impacts of beavers Castor spp. on biodiversity and the ecological basis for their reintroduction to Scotland, UK (2016, background): “This ability, alongside the propensity of beavers for constructing structures such as dams and lodges, means that they have a larger impact on local ecosystems than many other herbivores (Rosell et al. 2005).”
Synthesis of the conservation value of the early-successional stage in forests of eastern North America (2014, background): “Although beaver meadows create early-successional shrubland habitat, sites selected by beaver are often resistant to succession because of their wet soils and vulnerability to flooding (Rosell et al., 2005).”
Biodiversity and extinction (2007, unknown): “The merits have variously been championed and debated of alternatively or also focusing conservation attention on, for example, keystone species (eg, Simberloff, 1998; Kotliar, 2000; Rosell et al., 2005), umbrella species (eg, Simberloff, 1998; Caro and O’Doherty, 1999; Andelman and Fagan, 2000; Car”
Aerial photography collected with a multirotor drone reveals impact of Eurasian beaver reintroduction on ecosystem structure1 (2015, background): “While there are similarities between the two, differences in environment and behaviour, including that C. fiber is thought to undertake more limited building activity (Rosell et al. 2005), mean their impacts cannot be presumed to be directly comparable (Gurnell 1998; Rosell et al. 2005).”
Qualitative and quantitative effects of reintroduced beavers on stream fish (2012, background): “Since the 1920s, both species have seen a dramatic revival as a result of increased legislation and reintroduction programmes (Rosell et al. 2005).”