Wildlife tunnel enhances population viability

Ecology and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  van der Ree, Rodney ^a   Heinze, Dean ^b   McCarthy, Michael ^a   Mansergh, Ian ^b  

^a Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology   (Australia)

^b Department of Primary Industries and Water ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Barrier effect; Burramys; Population viability analysis; Population level impacts; Road ecology; Underpass; Wildlife crossing structure

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT LOSS; MARSUPIAL; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; TUNNEL; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; BURRAMYS; BURRAMYS PARVUS;

EID: 73849147933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02957-140207     Document Type: Article

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