Evolution of woodcutting behaviour in Early Pliocene beaver driven by consumption of woody plants

Modern beavers (Castor) are prolific ecosystem engineers and dramatically alter the landscape through tree harvesting and dam building. Little is known, however, about the evolutionary drivers of their woodcutting behaviour. Here we investigate if early woodcutting behaviour in Castoridae was driven...

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Autores principales: Plint, Tessa, Longstaffe, Fred J., Ballantyne, Ashley, Telka, Alice, Rybczynski, Natalia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7403313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32753594
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70164-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7403313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32753594
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70164-1

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