Baker and Cade used cut stems from a coyote willow community in northern Colorado to build a model that can estimate available biomass to beaver in the winter months. The main goal of this model was to help predict a carrying capacity for beavers in this area due to the fact that the coyote willow is in limited quantity. The authors urged that further research is needed in this area in that the actual consumption rate of coyote willow by beaver is unknown. Willow biomass is not the only limiting factor in the area, therefore the data presented is intended to represent one factor for beaver regeneration.
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