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BackUsing beaver capacity models: the importance of local knowledge
By Alyssa Connaughton | Emily Fairfax | Jessie A. Moravek | Joe Miller | Keitreice Kirksey | Michelle Andruss | Mickki Garrity
Understanding where and how many dams beavers (Castor canadensis) will build is an important habitat restoration question, especially as beavers are increasingly recognized for their ecosystem-scale benefits and as beaver-related restoration accelerates. Several models exist for predicting the dam building behavior of beavers in North America. However, not all of these models are applicable outside of the ecoregions where they were developed or validated.