Effectiveness of short sections of wildlife fencing and crossing structures along highways in reducing wildlife-vehicle collisions and providing safe crossing opportunities for large mammals
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- 作者：Marcel P. Huijsera ; mhuijser@montana.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Elizabeth R. Fairbanka ; Whisper Camel-Meansb ; Jonathan Grahamc ; Vicki Watsond ; Pat Bastinge ; 1 ; Dale Beckerb
- 关键词：Crashes ; Deer ; Fence end ; Mitigation ; Road ecology ; Ungulates
- 刊名：Biological Conservation
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：May 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：197
- 期：Complete
- 页码：61-68
- 全文大小：451 K
文摘
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Fenced road sections > 5 km typically reduced large mammal–vehicle collisions > 80%.
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Fenced road sections < 5 km were less effective and more variable in their outcome.
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Large mammal use of underpasses is highly variable, regardless of fence length.
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Highway crossings occurred primarily through underpasses rather than at fence ends.
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Wildlife use of isolated underpasses did not increase with longer fence lengths.