While Norway has been managing beaver (Castor fiber) for more than 150 years, most central European countries have little experience and none are presently harvesting beaver, despite rapidly growing populations and conflicts. ...

In Norway, Sweden and Finland hunting Eurasian beaver Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758 with firearms is presently the main harvest form and most are shot in late April and early May. As beaver cannot be sexed from external ...

In Norway, Sweden, and Finland most beavers (Castor spp.) harvested are shot with center-fire rifles. Shooting entails problems not encountered in trapping including pelt damage from bullet holes (body shots are common) ...

Eurasian beavers (Castor fiber) live in family groups that defend territories against other conspecifics. Part of this territorial defence involves constructing scent mounds near the stream bank within territories and ...

The presence of pathogenic bacteria and parasites in drinking water is a well-known cause of human disease outbreaks. There is however, a lack of knowledge of the contamination routes to water. In Norway, the supply of ...

Hunting Eurasian beaver Castor fiber with firearms during late spring is the dominating harvest form in Norway but may violate the Norwegian wildlife management principle of not hunting during the breeding season. In ...

In Norway, Sweden and Finland most Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) harvested are shot in April and May. As beaver cannot be sexed or effectively aged under spring hunting conditions, hunters normally shoot the first animal ...

The methods used to determine family composition and colony size in Eurasian beaver Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758 are often poorly described in published reports. Here we show how repeated counts of colony size in a random ...