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Performance Measures Of Road Crossing Structures From Relative Movement Rates Of Large Mammals, Adam Andis
Performance Measures Of Road Crossing Structures From Relative Movement Rates Of Large Mammals, Adam Andis
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In recent decades, there has been an increase of engineering projects that seek to mitigate the barrier effect roads impose on wildlife by installing wildlife crossing structures that promote permeability of the road corridor. The 41 fish and wildlife crossing structures installed along a 90km stretch of US Highway 93 on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, represent one of the most extensive of such projects in North America. As mitigation efforts are increasingly considered and implemented in road construction projects, the need to assess these structures’ effectiveness grows. This study is the first to compare observations of animal …