• Collapsing burrow causes death of a Eurasian beaver, Castor fiber 

      Thomsen, Liat R.; Sharpe, Fiona; Rosell, Frank (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2004)
      The death of a Eurasian Beaver Castor fiber caused by a collapsing burrow in southeast Norway is reported. Two days of heavy rainfall had presumably caused the burrow to collapse, suffocating the animal.
    • Sexual dimorphism in territorial scent marking by adult eurasian beavers (Castor fiber) 

      Rosell, Frank; Thomsen, Liat R. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2006)
      Mammalian scent marking is often associated with territorial defense. However, males and females may demonstrate different activity patterns and play different roles. Female mammals nurture the young during lactation, while ...
    • Tool-use in a display behaviour by Eurasian beavers ( Castor fiber ) 

      Thomsen, Liat R.; Campbell, Ruairidh D.; Rosell, Frank (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007)
      Tool use is rare amongst rodents and has never been recorded in connection with agonistic displays. We witnessed a behaviour, stick display (StD), involving tool use in free-living Eurasian beavers (Castor fiber) that we ...