Quantifying the Road-Effect Zone: Threshold Effects of a Motorway on Anuran Populations in Ontario, Canada

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...

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Główni autorzy: Felix Eigenbrod, Stephen J. Hecnar, Lenore Fahrig
Format: Artykuł
Język:English
Wydane: Resilience Alliance 2009-06-01
Seria:Ecology and Society
Hasła przedmiotowe:
accessible habitat
amphibian decline
anuran populations
ecological thresholds
forests
fragmentation
habitat loss
piecewise regression
road ecology.
Dostęp online:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol14/iss1/art24/

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http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol14/iss1/art24/

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