Elements that promote highway crossing structure use by small mammals in Banff National Park

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 82-93

  McDonald, Wayne ^a   St Clair, Colleen Cassady ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barriers; Habitat connectivity; Habitat fragmentation; Mammals; Road ecology; Rodents; Wildlife corridors

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MOVEMENT; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; RODENT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ALBERTA; BANFF NATIONAL PARK; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CLETHRIONOMYS; CLETHRIONOMYS GAPPERI; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 1142269651     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2004.00877.x     Document Type: Article

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