Beavers References & Links

Consolo Murphy, S., and D. D. Hanson. 1993. Distribution of beaver in Yellowstone National Park, 1988–1989. Pages 38-48 in R. S. Cook, editor. Ecological issues on reintroducing wolves into Yellowstone National Park. Scientific Monograph NPS/NRYELL/NRSM-93/22, U.S. Department of the Interior, NPS, Denver, Colo.

Consolo Murphy, S., and D. W. Smith. 2002. Documenting trends in Yellowstone’s Beaver Population: a comparison of aerial and ground surveys in the Yellowstone Lake basin. Pages 172–178 in Anderson, R. J., and D. Harmon, eds., Yellowstone Lake: Hotbed of Chaos or Reservoir of Resilience? Proceedings of the 6th Biennial Scientific Conference on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. October 8–10, 2001, Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel, Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone National Park, Wyo.: and Hancock, Mich.: Yellowstone Center for Resources and The George Wright Society. (Link).

Consolo Murphy, S. and R. B. Tatum. 1995. Distribution of beaver in Yellowstone National Park, 1994. National Park Service Report, Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyo. 16pp.

Hay, K. G. 1958. Beaver census methods in the Rocky Mountain region. Journal of Wildlife Management 22:395–402.

Jonas, R. J. 1955. A population and ecological study of the beaver (Castor Canadensis) of Yellowstone National Park. M.S. Thesis, University of Idaho, Moscow. 192pp.

Payne, N. F. 1981. Accuracy of aerial censusing for beaver colonies in Newfoundland. Journal of Wildlife Management 45:1014–1016.

Rue, Leonard Lee. 1964. The World of Beaver. New York: Lippincott.

Slough, B. G. 1978. Beaver food cache structure and utilization. Journal of Wildlife Management 42:644–646.

Smith, D. W., S. Consolo Murphy, M. L. Phillips, and R. L. Crabtree. 1997. Beaver survey: Yellowstone National Park 1996. National Park Service Report, YCR-NR-97-1, Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyo. 8pp.

Warren, E. R. 1926. A study of the beavers in the Yancey region of Yellowstone National Park. Roosevelt Wild Life Annals 1:1–191.