Do small mammals avoid roads because of the traffic?

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-123

  McGregor, Rachelle L ^a   Bender, Darren J ^b   Fahrig, Lenore ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal movement; Barrier; Dispersal; Habitat fragmentation; Permeability; Peromyscus leucopus; Road avoidance; Tamias striatus; Traffic; Translocation

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; DISPERSAL; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; IMMIGRATION; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; ROAD; RODENT; TRANSLOCATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; TAMIAS STRIATUS;

EID: 38349126709     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01403.x     Document Type: Article

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