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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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Published in:Sci Rep
Main Authors: Plint, Tessa, Longstaffe, Fred J., Ballantyne, Ashley, Telka, Alice, Rybczynski, Natalia
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7403313/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32753594
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70164-1
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