THE WINTER BIOENERGETICS OF A BEAVER POPULATION IN NORTHERN LATITUDES

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Author: Novakowski, N. S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1967
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Northwest Territories; Wood Buffalo; Wood Buffalo National Park
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z67-121; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z67-121

The winter bioenergetics of a beaver population were studied in au area of Wood Buffalo National Park; which is located partly in Alberta and partly in the Northwest Territories. In these latitudes the beaver (Castor canadensis canadensis) are confined to subnivean existence for approximately 150 da...