Database of Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber L., 1758) in Nature Reserves and National Parks of Russia
Citation
Khlyap L, Petrosyan V, Zav’yalov N, Albov S, Andreeva M, Chistyakov S, Glushenkov O, Gorshkov Y, Grishutkin G, Kartashov N, Kataev G, Katana O, Kaz'min V, Kelbeshekov B, Kozhechkin V, Laznikov A, Leontyeva O, Marchenko N, Mishin A, Ogurtsov S, Osipov V, Pankov A, Pankova N, Pryadeina A, Sapel'nikov S, Sayfullin O, Shapilova N, Shchekalo M, Simakin L, Sivkov A, Soroka O, Suleymanova G, Vasin A, Zheltukhin A, Zimin S (2021). Database of Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber L., 1758) in Nature Reserves and National Parks of Russia. Version 1.7. A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/dqvffi accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-27.Description
The Database of Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber L., 1758) in Nature Reserves and National Parks of Russia is a first checklist of the actual locations of present habitation of the Eurasian beaver in Russia. The Database was developed at the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, RAS (Moscow, Russia) and is maintained by a group of editors and contributors. Information relates to the species rank. It concerns both animals and traces of their activity. Traces of beaver’s activity are clearly visible and species-specific. They can be confused only with activity traces of closely related species - Canadian beaver (Castor canadensis Kuhl, 1820), which according to current data is not widespread in Russia, and there are very few sympatric zones of both species. The history of reintroduction and the subsequent resettlement of the Eurasian beaver makes it very likely that the information included in the dataset refers to Castor fiber L., 1758, and the finds of traces of beaver activity are equated to the beavers themselves. Materials were collected in the process of monitoring observations of beavers in Russia in the reserves and national parks of the federal level (hereinafter referred to as Specially Protected Natural Areas - SPNA). All persons providing material (the contributors) are included as authors of the dataset. Obtained data cover about half of SPNA, where the Eurasian beaver occurs. The presented dataset serves as a source of information on the distribution of the Eurasian beaver in Russia and may be of interest for a detailed study of the distribution of beavers and traces of their activities within each of the SPNA. The amount of material presented for each SPNA was determined by the wishes of the contributors. All data are licensed under a CC BY 4.0 and are available through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). Database of Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber L., 1758) in reserves and national parks of Russia is a service to the scientific community and the general public, including administrations, companies, and non-governmental organizations.Sampling Description
Study Extent
The European part of Russia and the south of Siberia to Baikal. The main part is occupied by forests, including all subzones of taiga and deciduous forests. In the south includes the forest-steppe.Sampling
The basis of the collected materials is direct observations in nature. The dataset does not pretend to a complete list of the habitats of beavers within each of the protected areas. The main focus was on registering dwellings: burrow (dug into the ground) or lodge (rises above the surface of the earth). These are the most stable elements of beaver settlements. Stores of feed for the winter was an indicator of the presence of a beaver dwelling near them, since beavers usually place stores near wintering houses. Dams are used less regularly than dwellings and reflect the construction activity of the beaver. Beaver bites on the trees are clearly visible. Registrations of beaver or traces of its activity are made with the help of GPS-recorders. The accuracy of such registrations in nature - 10-30 m. Datum WGS84.Method steps
- The basis of the collected materials is direct observations in nature. The geographic coordinates of the records were determined in the field using GPS.
Taxonomic Coverages
The Database concerns one species - only Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber L., 1758)
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Castor fibercommon name: Eurasian beaver rank: species
Geographic Coverages
The Database concerns the territory of Russia. It covers about half of the SPNA, where the Eurasian beaver located and allows visualizing the present distribution of the beaver in various regions of Russia. The northernmost occurrences records of our dataset located in Murmansk Region; westernmost in Pskov Region; easternmost occurrence records located in Republic of Tuva, and southernmost occurrence records located in Rostov Region.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Lyudmila Khlyaporiginator
position: Senior Researcher
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS
33 Leninskij prosp.
Moscow
119071
email: khlyap@mail.ru
Varos Petrosyan
originator
position: Senior Researcher
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS
33 Leninskij prosp.
Moscow
119071
Nikolaiy Zav’yalov
originator
position: Researcher
Natural State Reserve “Rdeisky”
Sergey Albov
originator
position: Researcher
Prioksko Terrasnyi Nature Reserve
Marina Andreeva
originator
position: Researcher
National Park «Pleshcheyevo Lake»
Sergey Chistyakov
originator
position: Researcher
State Nature Reserve "Kologrivsky Forest" named after M.G. Sinitsyn
Oleg Glushenkov
originator
position: Researcher
State Nature Reserve "Prisurskiy"
Yuriy Gorshkov
originator
position: Researcher
Federal state budgetary institution "Volzhsko-Kamsky"
Gennadiy Grishutkin
originator
position: Researcher
Joint Directorate of the Mordovia State Nature Reserve and National Park «Smolny»
Nikolay Kartashov
originator
position: Researcher
Reserve «Azas»
Gennadiy Kataev
originator
position: Researcher
Laplandsky Reserve
Oleg Katana
originator
position: Researcher
Federal state budgetary institution "State Nature Reserve "Denezhkin kamen'"
Vladimir Kaz'min
originator
position: Researcher
«Rostovskiy» reserve
Boris Kelbeshekov
originator
position: Researcher
State Nature Reserve "Stolby"
Vladimir Kozhechkin
originator
position: Researcher
State Nature Reserve "Stolby"
Alexandr Laznikov
originator
position: Researcher
Pechora-Ilych state nature biosphere reserve
Olga Leontyeva
originator
position: Researcher
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Fac. Geography, Moscow
Natalia Marchenko
originator
position: Researcher
The Khoper National Natural Reserve
Alexandr Mishin
originator
position: Researcher
Voronezhsky state nature biosphere reserve named after V. Peskov
Sergey Ogurtsov
originator
position: Researcher
Central Forest State Nature Biosphere Reserve
Vitaliy Osipov
originator
position: Researcher
Natural State Reserve “Privolzhskaya lesostep'”
Alexeiy Pankov
originator
position: Researcher
Okskiy reserve
Nadezda Pankova
originator
position: Researcher
Okskiy reserve
Anna Pryadeina
originator
position: Researcher
National Park "Pripishminsky Bory"
Sergey Sapel'nikov
originator
position: Researcher
Voronezhsky state nature biosphere reserve named after V. Peskov
Oskar Sayfullin
originator
position: Researcher
Federal state budgetary institution "State Nature Reserve" Polistovsky "
Natalya Shapilova
originator
position: Researcher
National Park «Buzulukskiy bor»
Mariya Shchekalo
originator
position: Researcher
Nature reserve «Belogorye»
Leonid Simakin
originator
position: Researcher
Pechora-Ilych state nature biosphere reserve
Andrey Sivkov
originator
position: Researcher
Pinezhskiy reserve
Olga Soroka
originator
position: Researcher
Federal state budgetary institution "Reserves of Orenburzh'ya"
Guzalya Suleymanova
originator
position: Researcher
Federal state budgetary institution "National Park Khvalynskiy"
Alexandr Vasin
originator
position: Researcher
Federal state budgetary institution "State natural reserve "Malaya Sosva»
Anatoliy Zheltukhin
originator
position: Researcher
Central Forest State Nature Biosphere Reserve
Sergey Zimin
originator
position: Researcher
Federal state budgetary institution "State Nature Reserve "Vishersky"
Lyudmila Khlyap
metadata author
position: Senior Researcher
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS
33 Leninskij prosp.
Moscow
119071
email: khlyap@mail.ru
Natalya Ivanova
programmer
position: Researcher
Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology RAS
1, Vitkevicha str. Pushchino, Moscow Region
Pushchino
142290
RU
email: natalya.dryomys@gmail.com
Lyudmila Khlyap
administrative point of contact
position: Senior Researcher
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS
33 Leninskij prosp.
Moscow
119071
email: khlyap@mail.ru