Short title: The beaver’s reconquest of Europe
Overhunting reduced Eurasian beaver Castor fiber populations to c. 1200 animals, in eight isolated populations, around the end of the 19th Century. Protection, natural spread, and reintroductions led to a powerful recovery in both range and populations during the 20th Century, which continues at a r...
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| Summary: | Overhunting reduced Eurasian beaver Castor fiber populations to c. 1200 animals, in eight isolated populations, around the end of the 19th Century. Protection, natural spread, and reintroductions led to a powerful recovery in both range and populations during the 20th Century, which continues at a rapid pace. The minimum current population estimate is 465000. There are also c. 12500 North American beaver C. canadensis established in Finland and Russian Karelia; however, other populations of canadensis introduced in |
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