Do dry ledges reduce the barrier effect of roads?

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 143-148

  Villalva, Pablo ^a   Reto, Dyana ^b   Santos Reis, Margarida ^b   Revilla, Eloy ^a   Grilo, Clara ^a,b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Mesocarnivores; Mitigation measures; Retrofitting culverts; Road permeability

Indexed keywords

BARRIER EFFECTS; HABITAT CONNECTIVITY; MESOCARNIVORES; MITIGATION MEASURES; PRESENCE OF WATER; RED FOXES; RELEVANT FEATURES; VIDEO SURVEILLANCE;

FENCES; FLOODS; MAMMALS; ROADS AND STREETS; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

CULVERTS;

CULVERT; GENET; HABITAT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MESH SIZE; MITIGATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; PERMEABILITY; ROAD; SEASON; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 84877930202     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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