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eDNA sampling reveals no negative effects of beaver recolonisation on the catchment-scale distribution of migratory fish

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By James MacArthur, Alan Law, Nigel Willby, Dasha Svobodova
| BioRxiv
Abstract 1. Reintroduction of keystone species is considered part of the solution to the current biodiversity crisis. The Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) is one such species, shaping its habitat by felling trees, building dams and creating wetlands. However, while the potential benefits to aquatic biodiversity and ecological functioning have been studied on a local scale, the impacts of beavers on catchment-scale processes such as fish migration remain understudied. 2.
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Field-Scale Floating Treatment Wetlands: Quantifying Ecosystem Service Provision from Monoculture vs. Polyculture Macrophyte Communities

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By Jonathan Fletcher, Nigel Willby, David M. Oliver, Richard S Quilliam
| MDPI
Abstract : Global water security is critical for human health, well-being, and economic stability. However, freshwater environments are under increasing anthropogenic pressure and now, more than ever, there is an urgent need for integrated approaches that couple issues of water security and the remediation of degraded aquatic environments.
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Give beavers permanent residence

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By Alan Law, Nigel Willby
| The Conversation Verified
Beavers have recently made a tentative return to Britain. Scotland has led the way, with an official trial population in Knapdale, a remote area of lochs and forest in the west of the country; and another in Tayside to the east, suspected to come from private-collection escapees and unlicensed releases. Further south, a small feral population in Devon in south-west England is currently being tolerated by officialdom and admired locally, while there are also plans for a trial in mid-Wales.
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