Quantifying the Road-Effect Zone: Threshold Effects of a Motorway on Anuran Populations in Ontario, Canada
The negative effect of roads on wildlife is recognized as a major contributor to the global biodiversity crisis, with anurans being among the most vulnerable groups overall. The "road-effect zone," i.e., the extent of significant ecological effects from the edge of a road (Forman and Ale...
Main Authors: | Felix Eigenbrod, Stephen J. Hecnar, Lenore Fahrig |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Resilience Alliance
2009-06-01
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Series: | Ecology and Society |
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Online Access: | http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol14/iss1/art24/ |
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