TY  - BOOK
AU  - M??�?ller-Schwarze,Dietland
AU  - Sun,Lixing
TI  - The beaver: natural history of a wetlands engineer 
SN  - 080144098X
AV  - QL737.R632 M85 2003
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Ithaca, N.Y.
PB  - Comstock Pub. Associates
KW  - Beavers
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I: The organism -- 1. Now and then: the species, including fossils -- 2. Form, weight, and special adaptations -- 3. Diving the thermoregulation: from land mammal to semiaquatic design and function -- 4. Energy budget -- Part II: Behavior -- 5. Families as social units -- 6. Communication by scent and sound -- 7. Infrastructure: dams, lodges, trails, and canals -- 8. Beaver time -- 9. Food selection -- Part III: Populations -- 10. Reproduction, development, and life expectancy -- 11. Population densities and dynamics -- 12. Finding a home: dispersal -- Part IV: Ecology -- 13. Where they live and why: habitat requirements -- 14. Mortality and predators -- 15. Parasites and diseases -- 16. Maker of landscapes: creating habitat for plants, animals, and people -- Part V: Beaver and people: conservation, use, and management -- 17. "Here before Christ": fur trade, the "beaver republic" (Hudson's Bay Company), and fur trapping today -- 18. Reintroductions and other transplants -- 19. "Nuisance beavers" claim their land -- 20. Needed: an ecosystems engineer for habitat restoration and other services -- 21. Conservation and proactive management
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy042/2002041522.h tml
ER  -