Browsing Fakultet for teknologi, naturvitenskap og maritime fag by Author "Nolet, Bart A."
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Comeback of the beaver Castor fiber : an overview of old and new conservation problems
Nolet, Bart A.; Rosell, Frank (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 1998)Due to over-hunting c. 1200 Eurasian previous termbeaversnext term Castor fiber survived in eight relict populations in Europe and Asia at the beginning of the 20th century. Following hunting restrictions and translocation ... -
Factors affecting scent-marking behavior in Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber)
Rosell, Frank; Nolet, Bart A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 1997)We tested the hypothesis that a main function of territory marking in Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) is defense of the territory. The results showed that. (1) beaver colonies with close neighbors scent-mark more often than ... -
Simulated winter browsing may lead to induced susceptibility of willows to beavers in spring
Veraart, Annelies J.; Nolet, Bart A.; Rosell, Frank; de Vries, Peter P. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2006)Browsing may lead to an induced resistance or susceptibility of the plant to the herbivore. We tested the effect of winter browsing by Eurasian beavers (Castor fiber L., 1758) on food quality of holme willows (Salix ... -
Territoriality and group sizes in Eurasian beavers (Castor fiber): echoes of settlement and reproduction?
Campbell, Ruairidh D.; Rosell, Frank; Nolet, Bart A.; Dijkstra, Vilmar A.A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2005)According to current theories of territoriality, an animal is expected to defend the smallest area that can provide resources for maximisation of reproduction, known as the lsquoeconomically defendablersquo area. In group ... -
Territoriality and time budgets in beavers during sequential settlement
Nolet, Bart A.; Rosell, Frank (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 1994)Beavers (Castor fiber) were sequentially released into a previously unoccupied area. The settlement of the animals approximated an ideal despotic distribution: they successively settled in rich habitat and then in poor ...