Barrier effects on vertebrate distribution caused by a motorway crossing through fragmented forest landscape

Barrier effects on vertebrate distribution caused by a motorway crossing through fragmented forest landscape

We analysed the effects of a 25–year–old motorway on the distribution of five vertebrates inhabiting a fragmented forest landscape and differing in their ability to move across linear infrastructures. We found clear evidence of barrier effects on the distribution of the forest lizard Psammodromus al...

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Main Authors: Tellería, J. L., Díaz, J. A., Pérez–Tris, J., De Juana, E., De la Hera, I., Iraeta, P., Salvador, A., Santos, T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona 2011-12-01
Series:Animal Biodiversity and Conservation
Subjects:
Abundance patterns
Barrier effect
Dispersive ability
Lizard
Road ecology
Roe deer
Online Access:http://abc.museucienciesjournals.cat/wp-content/blogs.dir/2/files/ABC-34-2-pp-331-340.pdf

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