Towards effective culvert design: Monitoring seasonal use and behavior by Mediterranean mesocarnivores

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 6235-6246

  Serronha, Ana Marta ^a,b   Mateus, Ana Rita Amaro ^a,c,d   Eaton, Finn ^e   Santos Reis, Margarida ^a   Grilo, Clara ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Earth Science Department   (United Kingdom)

^f DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carnivore conservation; Crossing structures; Road mitigation measures; Video surveillance

Indexed keywords

CULVERT STRUCTURE; GENERALIZED LINEAR MIXED MODELS; HIGHWAY CULVERTS; INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR; MITIGATION MEASURES; NUMBER OF SPECIES; OTTER (LUTRA LUTRA); VIDEO-SURVEILLANCE;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CULVERTS;

CARNIVORE; CULVERT; MONITORING SYSTEM; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WATER DEPTH;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BADGER; CARNIVORA; CARNIVORE; DRAINAGE CULVERT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GENET (ANIMAL); GENETTA GENETTA; HIGHWAY; LAND DRAINAGE; LANDSCAPE; MARTES FOINA; MELES MELES; MESOCARNIVORE; NONHUMAN; OTTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VULPES VULPES;

ANIMALS; DRAINAGE, SANITARY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OTTERS; PORTUGAL; SEASONS;

PORTUGAL;

LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE;

EID: 84879838546     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-3020-3     Document Type: Article

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