Occupancy of beaver (Castor canadensis) in Rocky Mountain National Park: the second field season
Scherer R, Baldwin B, Connor J, Noon B. 2011. Occupancy of beaver (Castor canadensis) in Rocky Mountain National Park: the second field season
In 2009, the first year of park-wide surveys for beaver was completed. The field and analytical methods that were used in 2009, as well as the results of the surveys, are presented in the report by Scherer et al. (2010). In 2010, the survey effort was expanded, and this report describes the methods and results for 2010. The primary objectives of this research are to characterize the current state of the beaver population in ROMO and facilitate the identification of areas where active management of beaver and the landscape are more likely to promote an increase in the beaver population. Other objectives are to: - Identify attributes of stream segments and their adjacent terrestrial environments that are correlated with current beaver occupancy, and - Evaluate the utility of a map of suitable beaver habitat that was recently developed by Theobold et al. (2010).
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Scherer, Rick; Baldwin, Ben; Connor, Jeff; Noon, Barry
- Date of Issue
- 2011
- Units
- ROMO
- Keywords
- Beaver, Castor canadensis