The Beaver in Colorado: It's Biology, Ecology, Management and Economics

Date: 1964-01-01

Source: Sustainable Living Library

Summary

Technical report (1800-1964). Covers Colorado, North America, Alamosa. Topics: beaver management, population ecology, habitat suitability, damage control. Agencies: Colorado Game, Fish and Parks Department, Game Research Division, Colorado Game and Fish Commission. Cites 19 external works.

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Local Knowledge Graph (41 entities)

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Stakeholders (19)

Agencies, organizations, and groups mentioned as actors in this document.

United States Forest ServiceColorado State UniversityColorado General AssemblyColorado Game and Fish CommissionWyoming Game and Fish DepartmentGame and Fish DepartmentNew Mexico Department of Game and FishWisconsin Department of Natural Resources

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University of MichiganMaine Department of Inland Fisheries and GameColorado Cooperative Wildlife Research UnitGame and Fish CommissionGame Research DivisionFederal Aid in Wildlife RestorationBeaver Investigations ProjectCollege of Veterinary MedicineWildlife Conservation OfficersNational Institute of HealthConservation Commission of West Virginia

Concepts & Topics (58)

population dynamics elevation gradient weathering surface runoff ecological succession hillslope similarity reproduction plant-pathogen interactions

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biodiversity loss biodiversity loss biodiversity loss habitat quality visual ecology seed dispersal water year demographic factors water resources honeydew production depositional growth colony life cycle habitat restoration lithologic composition habitat restoration river incision carrying capacity wildfire beaver-induced floodplain exchange total net productivity catchment water storage irrigation irrigation sustainable grazing beaver-induced floodplain exchange wildlife and piscatorial culture and procreation parasitic infection selective caching behavior selective caching behavior valley width seasonal isolation livestock grazing prevention tularemia recreational activities transplanting land ownership sustained yield trapping trapping aerial survey big game management non-use values hydro census method embryo resorption mesoseres Red Ribbon trout fishery 1955 Beaver Control Act castoreum

Species (86)

not mentioned Atriplex canescens not specified Potentilla Populus Populus tremuloides herbaceous plants A. tridentata

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Artemisia tridentata Canis latrans brook trout Odocoileus hemionus Odocoileus aspen Pinus contorta Ursus americanus Lodgepole Pinus contorta var. latifolia lodgepole pine Tamiasciurus cottonwood Castor canadensis Castor Martes americana Betula Lepus americanus snowshoe hare Waterfowl aquatic plants wildlife species aquatic species Dendragapus obscurus Lynx rufus game animals Betula glandulosa Salix domestic livestock Carex spp livestock Nuphar polysepala big sage Beta saccharifera bog birch Beta vulgaris sugar beets game species cattail Ondatra zibethicus big game alfalfa Populus deltoides dusky grouse Tamiasciurus hudsonicus fremonti muskrat bobcats cinquefoil ducks bear grasses Typha latifolia alder waterlilies Mustela vison Stichorchis subtriquetrus Travassosius americanus Castorstrongylus castorius sedges squirrels mallard Pasteurella tularensis Alnus tenuifelia willow Corvus canadensis trout subfamily Anatinae Family Salmonidae Leptinillus validus marten beaver big game animals Populus deltoides subsp. monilifera deer elk corn conifer coyote

External References Cited (32)

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other (16)

An outbreak of tularemia in beaver and muskrat in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Can (1964) — Landford, E. V
Michigan beaver populations as influenced by fire and logging (1964) — Lawrence, W. H
Con- tamination of natural waters and mud with P (1960) — Parker, R. R., E. A. Steinhaus, G. M. Kohls, and W. L. Jellison
Beaver in Kansas (1960) — Henderson, F. Robert
Effects of water runoff and gradient on beaver in moun- tain streams (1960) — Smith, A. E

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Gastrointestinal parasites of beavers in Newfoundland (1956) — Choquette, L.P.E., and D. H. Pimlott
The production of aspen and its utilization by beaver in the Huntington Forest (1954) — Stegeman, L. C
Incidence of helminth parasites in beavers from the Platte River in Weld County, Colorado (1949) — Olson, O. Wilford
The magnificent rodent (1948) — Gregg, H. R
Wildlife conservation as affected by American Indian and Caucasian concepts (1943) — Presnall, C. C
Epizcotic tularemia in the beaver, Castor canadensis, and the contamination of stream water with Pasteurella tularensis (1942) — Jellison, W. L., G. M. Kohls, W. J. Butler, and J. A. Weaver
Beaver-trout relations on the Rocky Mountain Region (1940) — Rasmussen, D. I
Beaver killed by coyotes (1940) — Packard, F. M
South Fork (Montana) beaver survey (1940) — Atwater, M.M
Lives of game animals (1937) — Scott, J. W. Natural occurrence of tularemia in beaver and its transmission to man. Science, 91 (2359) :263-264. Seton, Ernest T
The susceptibility of beaver to.tularemia (1937) — Green, R. D

report (6)

Methods of measuring the demand for and value of outdoor recreation (1959) — Marion Clawson
Suitability of physical factors for beaver management in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado (1955) — John L. Retzer, Harold M. Swope, Jack D. Remington, and William H. Rutherford
Beaver management and ecology in Wyoming (1955) — James E. Grasse and Euvern F. Putnam
Wyoming fur-bearers—the beaver (1954) — E. M. Thomas
Beaver ecology and management in West Virginia (1949) — Wendell G. Swank

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Michigan beaver management (1947) — Glenn W. Bradt

study (5)

Beaver carrying capacity of certain mountain streams in North Park, Colorado (1966) — Duncan MacDonald
Waterfowl production on the White River Plateau, Colorado (1964) — Ladd G. Frary
Beaver ecology in the Longs Peak area of Colorado (1955) — Robert L. Hoover
Development of a beaver census method applicable to mountain terrain in Colorado (1955) — Keith G. Hay
Federal Aid Project W-83-R, Beaver Investigations (1954)

article (4)

An ecological basis for beaver management in the Rocky Mountain Region (1957) — Lee E. Yeager and William H. Rutherford
Ecological effects of beaver habitat abandonment in the Colorado Rockies (1957) — Don J. Neff
Wildlife and environmental relationships of beavers in Colorado forests (1955) — William H. Rutherford
Notes on the beaver colonies in the Longs Peak Region of Estes Park, Colorado (1926) — Edward R. Warren