Evaluating the effectiveness of road mitigation measures

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 425-448

  van der Grift, Edgar A ^a   van der Ree, Rodney ^b   Fahrig, Lenore ^c   Findlay, Scott ^e   Houlahan, Jeff ^f   Jaeger, Jochen A G ^g   Klar, Nina ^h,i   Madriñan, L Francisco ^g   Olson, Leif ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d O2 Planning and Design ^*  (Canada)

^e Ottawa Carleton Institute of Biology   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^g Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^h HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

ⁱ FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crossing structures; Effectiveness; Guidelines; Monitoring; Population viability; Road mitigation; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONNECTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GUIDELINE; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; PRIORITIZATION; RESEARCH PROGRAM; ROAD TRANSPORT; ROADKILL; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84872672196     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0421-0     Document Type: Article

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