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Castor (beavers) — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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Castor

Common names: beavers, beaver

Taxonomy: Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Rodentia > Castoridae

Roles: managed species, study subject, habitat component

ITIS TSN: 180211

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 26 | Mentions: 56

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Knowledge graph centered on Castor with 77 nodes and 170 connections. Top connected: United States Forest Service, Spruce, Atriplex canescens, United States Bureau of Land Management, Rushes.

Publications (26)

Best restoration practices: Do BDAs mimic inundation patterns of natural beaver dams?

2025Role: text_match

Evaluating differences in water temperature and macroinvertebrate communities in BDA ponds, stream pools, and beaver dam ponds

2025Role: text_match

Hidden features: How subsurface and landscape heterogeneity govern hydrologic connectivity and stream chemistry in a montane watershed

2025Hydrological ProcessesRole: text_match

Quantifying groundwater response and uncertainty in beaver-influenced mountainous floodplains using machine learning-based model calibration

2025Water Resources ResearchRole: text_match

Effects of Dissolved Oxygen & Iron II Concentration Fluxes in Beaver-Impacted Floodplains

2024Role: text_match

Environmental Variation and Vegetative Composition in Beaver Engineered Ecosystems

2024Role: text_match

Impacts of assisted migration: An introduced herbivore has short-term and long-term effects on its native host plant population

2024Entomologia Experimentalis et ApplicataRole: text_match

Documents (29)

technical report

A Fence Design for Excluding Elk Without Impeding Other Wildlife

A Modest Proposal for the Best in Colorado Water Development

technical report

An Ecological Basis for Beaver Management in the Rocky Mountain Region

technical report

Beaver In Water Impoundments: Understanding A Problem of Water-Level Management

technical report

Beaver Management

management plan

Beaver Management Plan

technical report

Beaver Pond Ecosystems and Their Relationships to Multi-Use Natural Resource Management

management plan

Beaver Re-introduction

technical report

Beaver and the James Creek Watershed

technical report

Beaver in Western North America: An Annotated Bibliography 1966 to 1986

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technical report

Beavers: Biologists "Rediscover" a Natural Resource

technical report

Co-occurring Species

Castor canadensis

Castoridae45 shared papers

Waterfowl

18 shared papers

fish and wildlife

16 shared papers

Atriplex canescens

not mentioned15 shared papers

cottonwood

13 shared papers

aspen

12 shared papers

Populus

Salicaceae12 shared papers

Odocoileus

Cervidae10 shared papers

Spruce

9 shared papers

brook trout

9 shared papers

student_paper

How beaver pond age affects aquatic invertebrates

2023Role: text_match

The causes and consequences of pollen defence

2023Role: text_match

Investigating the comparison between bird diversity and apex aquatic predators in sub-alpine beaver ponds

2021Role: text_match

The impact of </Didymosphenia geminata> on the community structures of invertebrates in streams around the Rocky Mountain Biological Lab

2020Role: text_match

Return flows from beaver ponds enhance floodplain-to-river metals exchange in alluvial mountain catchments

2019Science of the Total EnvironmentRole: text_match

Revisiting Edward R. Warren: A Century of Beaver <i>Castor canadensis</I> Occupancy near Crested Butte, Colorado

2013Role: text_match

Does the morphology of beaver ponds alter downstream ecosystems?

2011HydrobiologiaRole: text_match

Ecosystem engineering by beavers affects mayfly life histories

2011Freshwater BiologyRole: text_match

Beaver pond morphology as a tool for predicting changes downstream

2009Role: habitat component

Nest site selection by a secondary cavity-nesting species, the mountain bluebird

2009Role: text_match

Olfactory predator discrimination in yellow-bellied marmots

2008EthologyRole: text_match

Effects of single and terraced beaver ponds on benthic macroinvertebrate communities

2007Role: text_match

Olfactory predator discrimination in yellow-bellied marmots

2006Role: text_match

Factors affecting scent marking behavior in the North American Beaver (<i>Castor canadensis</i>)

1999Role: text_match

Do beaver, <i>Castor canadensis</i>, follow optimal foraging in Gothic, Colorado

1998Role: text_match

Is the foraging behavior of <i>Castor canadensis</i> optimal?

1998Role: text_match

Tree selection and utilization by <i>Castor canadensis</i>

1977Role: text_match

A behavior study of <i>Castor canadensis</i>

1974Role: text_match

An ethogram: the behavior of <i>Castor canadensis</i>, the common beaver

1974Role: text_match

Department Of Energy Compliance With Floodplain – Wetlands Environmental Review Requirements

environmental assessment

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

environmental assessment

Draft Environmental Statement Related to the Homestake Mining Company- Homestake Mining Company Pitch Project

environmental assessment

Draft: Environmental Assessment of the Proposed Remedial Action at the Gunnison Uranium Mill Tailings Site

Gathering Dust: The Bureau of Reclamation’s Failure to Enforce Statutory Water Conservation Requirements

Gathering Dust: The Bureau of Reclamation’s Failure to Enforce Statutory Water Conservation Requirements

Guidelines for Controlling Beavers and Preventing Roadway Damage

Living With Beavers

Lower Owens River Project

Newsleaf: A Publication for Members of Cincinati Nature Center Volume 42 No. 4

Re: white River Forest Plan Revision – additional materials

technical report

Review of Data and Summary Opinions regarding Snowmass Creek Modification

technical report

Review of Data and Summary of Opinions Regarding Snowmass Creek Modification

technical report

Revising Desertification of Riparian Zones Along Cold Desert Streams

wildlife survey

Small Mammals: A Beaver Pond Ecosystem and Adjacent Riparian Habitat in Idaho

technical report

The Beaver in Colorado: It's Biology, Ecology, Management and Economics

technical report

Using Beaver to Improve Riparian Areas

environmental assessment

Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project