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dc.contributor.authorCabre, L. B.
dc.contributor.authorMayer, M.
dc.contributor.authorSteyaert, Sam
dc.contributor.authorRosell, Frank
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-22T09:38:37Z
dc.date.available2020-12-22T09:38:37Z
dc.date.created2020-12-03T13:26:53Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationBartra Cabré, L., Mayer, M., Steyaert, S., & Rosell, F. (2020). Beaver (Castor fiber) activity and spatial movement in response to light and weather conditions. Mammalian Biology, 100(3), 261-271.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1616-5047
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2720718
dc.description.abstractAnimal behaviour can affect individual fitness and is influenced by exogenous and endogenous factors. Here, we investigated how light (daylight length and moonlight), weather (precipitation and temperature), age, sex and social status affected activity and movement of a semiaquatic mammal, the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber), using GPS relocation data from 47 individuals in south-eastern Norway. Independent of daylight length, beavers had a mean daily activity time of 9:42 h and reduced their activity periods when they were older, most likely due to senescence. In line with this, older individuals also spent less time in water and moved shorter distances. Furthermore, beavers reduced their activity periods in drier weather conditions and spent less time on land during brighter nights and drier conditions, indicating a predation risk avoidance strategy. Individuals spent less time in the water during the colder parts of the year and moved shorter distances with decreasing temperature, suggesting thermal constraints. Our study adds to the increasing amount of evidence that animal behaviour is modulated by various endogenous and exogenous factors, and that weather conditions can affect their behaviour. It remains to be tested, however, how climate variability together with hunting and predation pressure affect space use and demography in species such as the Eurasian beaver.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleBeaver (Castor fiber) activity and spatial movement in response to light and weather conditionsen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holder© The Author(s) 2020.en_US
dc.source.pagenumber261-271en_US
dc.source.volume100en_US
dc.source.journalMammalian Biologyen_US
dc.source.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-020-00029-7
dc.identifier.cristin1855819
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