abstract |
Literature
and previously unpublished data on the process of
recent distribution of the European beaver on the
left bank of the Middle Dnister are analysed, including
the area of Dnister Canyon National Nature Park.
The data show the current distribution of the beaver’s
range in the left bank area of the Middle Dnister.
It is shown that the beaver’s settlement in the
valley of the Middle Dnister at the beginning of
the 21st century took place from the upper course
downstream at a pace of about 30 kilometres per
year. In recent years, there has been an expansion
of beavers to the north along the Podolian (i.e.,
left bank) tributaries of the Dnister river. |
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