Abstract
Scottish Natural Heritage Commissioned Report No. 393. In 2008, the Scottish Government approved a licence to the Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT) and the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), to undertake a five-year trial reintroduction of the European beaver (Castor fiber) to Scotland after an absence of more than 400 years. In May 2009, three beaver family groups were introduced to Loch Coille-Bharr, Loch Linne/Loch Fidhle and Creagmhor Loch on land managed by Forest Enterprise Scotland (FES) at Knapdale, Argyll. This report describes the methods that will be used to monitor beaver effects on loch-shore woodland at Knapdale throughout the course of the trial reintroduction, and observations made during the first field visit in November 2009 of woodland structure and composition and the effect of beavers on these.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | U.K. |
| Publisher | Scottish Natural Heritage |
| Number of pages | 40 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781853976544 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Bibliographical note
This report, or any part of it, should not be reproduced without the permission of Scottish Natural Heritage. This permission will not be withheld unreasonably. The views expressed by the author(s) of this report should not be taken as the views and policies of Scottish Natural Heritage. © Scottish Natural Heritage 2010.Keywords
- European beaver
- Scotland
- environmental aspects
- environmental monitoring
- wildlife reintroduction