abstract |
The literature
is summarised, as well as the author’s previously
unpublished data on the latest development of populations
and features of the ecology of the European beaver
in the region of the Dnister Canyon National Nature
Park—the left bank of the Middle Dnister from the
confluence of the Tumyr River to the mouth of the
Zbruch River (south of Ternopil Oblast) are presented.
It is shown that the beaver’s expansion in the region
took place in two stages: first stage (2012–2022)—spread
of the species in the Dniester valley; second stage
(2017–2023)—spread of the beaver upstream along
the first and second order Podolian tributaries
of the Dnister. The specifics of the hydrological
regime of the Dnister River as a pseudomountain
river determine the features of beaver ecology.
The increase in the number of beavers in the tributaries
of the Dnister, the valleys of which are densely
populated, leads to the appearance of conflicts
in the ‘beaver–man’ system. |
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