Effects and mitigation of road impacts on individual movement behavior of wildcats

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 631-638

  Klar, Nina ^a,b   Herrmann, Mathias ^c   Kramer Schadt, Stephanie ^a,d  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c OEKO LOGCOM ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barrier; Carnivores; Crossing structures; European Habitats Directive; Felis silvestris; Fencing; Germany; Habitat fragmentation; Road mortality; Temporal behavior

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BARRIER (EQUIPMENT); CARNIVORE; FELID; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MORTALITY RISK; MOTORWAY; ROAD TRANSPORT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WILD POPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

GERMANY;

FELIS SILVESTRIS;

EID: 77749252381     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-574     Document Type: Article

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