Beavers are the undiscovered engineers of the boreal forest
By Miguel Montoro Girona, Professeur d'écologie forestière, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT)
Guillaume Grosbois, Professeur Écologie Aquatique, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT)
Mélanie Arsenault, Étudiante à la maîtrise en écologie, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT)
While hiking near a river, chances are you’ve seen the tell-tale tree stumps with cone-shaped tips. Who carves these? A large, flat-tailed rodent called the Canadian beaver (Castor canadensis), who also happens to be the emblem of our country.
This article is part of La Conversation Canada’s series The boreal forest: A thousand secrets, a thousand dangers
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Wednesday, May 31, 2023