Selection of winter food by beavers at Elk Island National Park

By

Skinner, Douglas L. (Douglas Leslie), 1945-

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Edmonton, University of Alberta, Dept. of Zoology, 1984

Notes

Literature cited:p.68-73.

Masters thesis. Results of study of 5,814 trees on 239 vegetation plots at Elk Island National Park to test three hypotheses about beaver (Castor canadensis) food selection: 1)beavers select certain classes of woody vegetation, 2)selection increases with increasing distance from water, and 3)preferred classes of vegetation are those with highest nutrient levels.

Subjects

Alberta , Animal Digestion , Animal nutrition , Animals, Food of , Beavers , Castoridae

Call Number

QL 737 R632 S628 1984 AEU

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 70522810