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An Adaptive Design to Reduce Animal Road Mortality : = Analyzing the Effectiveness of a Fence-Culvert Ecopassage Design on Highway 401, Ontario.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	An Adaptive Design to Reduce Animal Road Mortality :/
其他題名:	Analyzing the Effectiveness of a Fence-Culvert Ecopassage Design on Highway 401, Ontario.
作者:	Baker, Sara Katrina.
面頁冊數:	1 online resource (161 pages)
附註:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 83-11.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International83-11.
標題:	Ecology. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=29072184click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9798426873070

An Adaptive Design to Reduce Animal Road Mortality : = Analyzing the Effectiveness of a Fence-Culvert Ecopassage Design on Highway 401, Ontario.
Baker, Sara Katrina.

An Adaptive Design to Reduce Animal Road Mortality :Analyzing the Effectiveness of a Fence-Culvert Ecopassage Design on Highway 401, Ontario. - 1 online resource (161 pages)

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 83-11.

Thesis (M.E.S.)--Queen's University (Canada), 2022.

Includes bibliographical references

Road mortality has become a serious threat to turtle populations. Mitigation strategies using exclusion fencing and some form of crossing structure are becoming increasingly common, yet studies that evaluate the efficacy of these designs still remain rare. Field monitoring that was conducted from 2014-2017 had identified a 1 km stretch of Highway 401 in eastern Ontario with especially high levels of wildlife mortality, including the endangered Blanding's turtle (Emydoidea blandingii). In 2018 the Ontario Ministry of Transportation installed two types of fencing in this location to prevent animals from entering the roadway and to funnel them into existing drainage culverts to allow for habitat connectivity. The goal of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of the fence-culvert design by collecting two years of post-mitigation road mortality data, and then comparing this to the pre-installation data. I implemented a before-after-control-impact (BACI) study design to interpret and assess the results. In addition to road mortality surveys, a combination of camera trapping, sand trapping, and field observations of wildlife behavior were used in the post-mitigation survey years. Kernel density analysis (KDE+) was used to analyze the mortality data and showed that the mitigation structure was effective in reducing turtle and mammal mortality, but also suggested that the fencing may have contributed to an increased mortality of snakes. Camera trapping at culvert entrances indicated that the majority of complete crossings through the culverts were mammals (97%), with few herpetofaunal crossings (3%). Nevertheless, there was a distinct presence of herpetofauna at the openings of culverts (n=789), suggesting that adequately sized and configured ecopassages may aid in connectivity. Based on these results, as well as ongoing maintenance considerations, I conclude that a 'best practice' design to reduce road mortality of turtles and other wildlife on Highway 401 may be the installation of 3/8" chain link fence with a ground- level screen of fine mesh or smooth plastic (~30cm), adequately sized and designed ecopassages, and full coverage fencing of pre-defined hot spot locations of mortality.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2023

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9798426873070Subjects--Topical Terms:

516476
Ecology.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

542853
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