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Each month we select a published research paper relating to beavers to read, critically evaluate, and discuss.Beavers are fascinating animals with so many mechanisms of influencing the world. Closely examining primary literature will give us a deeper understanding of how their influences on other species and environmental processes are studied and established. Scientific writing can be impenetrable, but discussing a text together is a great way to enhance understanding and grow curiosity for the details that others notice.
July: Naiman, Robert J., Carol A. Johnston, and James C. Kelley. "Alteration of North American streams by beaver." BioScience 38, no. 11 (1988): 753-762.
August: Wright, Justin P., Clive G. Jones, and Alexander S. Flecker. "An ecosystem engineer, the beaver, increases species richness at the landscape scale." Oecologia 132 (2002): 96-101.
September: Fairfax, Emily, and Andrew Whittle. "Smokey the Beaver: beaver‐dammed riparian corridors stay green during wildfire throughout the western United States." Ecological Applications 30, no. 8 (2020): e02225.
October: Nummi, P., Kattainen, S., Ulander, P., & Hahtola, A. (2011). Bats benefit from beavers: a facilitative link between aquatic and terrestrial food webs. Biodiversity and Conservation, 20, 851-859.
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