<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Changes in the environment that are caused by the activity of beavers bring numerous advantages. They affect the increase in biodiversity, contribute to improving the condition of cleanliness of watercourses, improve local water relations and restore the natural landscape of river valleys.</p><p>Rapid increase in the European beaver population in Poland in 21st century determines and accelerates the process of renaturalization of the areas that have undergone partial degradation as a result of anthropopressure. A singular example is the river valleys populated by beavers that have been adapted to people’s needs in the last centuries, which has inevitably exerted an undesirable effect.</p></abstract>

Changes in the environment that are caused by the activity of beavers bring numerous advantages. They affect the increase in biodiversity, contribute to improving the condition of cleanliness of watercourses, improve local water relations and restore the natural landscape of river valleys.Rapid increase in the European beaver population in Poland in 21st century determines and accelerates the process of renaturalization of the areas that have undergone partial degradation as a result of anthropopressure. A singular example is the river valleys populated by beavers that have been adapted to people’s needs in the last centuries, which has inevitably exerted an undesirable effect.

The significance of the European beaver (Castor fibre) activity for the process of renaturalization of river valleys in the era of increasing

Institute of Geography, the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Świętokrzyska 15 St., 25-406 Kielce,

Prof. nadzw. – Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, The State School of Higher Professional Education in Płock, Gałczyńskiego 28 St., 09-400 Płock

Institute of Biology, the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Świętokrzyska 15 St., 25-406 Kielce,

Institute of Environmental Protection-National Research Institute, Krucza 5/11d St., 00-548 Warsaw,

Prof. nadzw. – Institute of Geography, Pedagogical University in Krakow, Podchorążych 2 St., 30-084 Warsaw,

Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Agriculture and Biotechnology, UTP University of Science and Technology in Bydgoszcz, Kordeckiego 20A St., 85-225 Bydgoszcz,

Environmental Protection and Natural Resources

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Changes in the environment that are caused by the activity of beavers bring numerous advantages. They affect the increase in biodiversity, contribute to...

The significance of the European beaver (Castor fibre) activity for the process of renaturalization of river valleys in the era of increasing

Published Online: Mar 14, 2017

Page range: 31 - 35

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/oszn-2017-0006

Keywords
European beaver, renaturalization, land restoration, environment shaping, river valleys, anthropopressure

© by Piotr Kusztal

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The significance of the European beaver (Castor fibre) activity for the process of renaturalization of river valleys in the era of increasing

Published Online: Mar 14, 2017

Page range: 31 - 35

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/oszn-2017-0006

KeywordsEuropean beaver, renaturalization, land restoration, environment shaping, river valleys, anthropopressure

© by Piotr Kusztal

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
European beaver, renaturalization, land restoration, environment shaping, river valleys, anthropopressure