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- Richard T. T. Forman
- Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
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- Lauren E. Alexander
- Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
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<jats:p> ▪ Abstract A huge road network with vehicles ramifies across the land, representing a surprising frontier of ecology. Species-rich roadsides are conduits for few species. Roadkills are a premier mortality source, yet except for local spots, rates rarely limit population size. Road avoidance, especially due to traffic noise, has a greater ecological impact. The still-more-important barrier effect subdivides populations, with demographic and probably genetic consequences. Road networks crossing landscapes cause local hydrologic and erosion effects, whereas stream networks and distant valleys receive major peak-flow and sediment impacts. Chemical effects mainly occur near roads. Road networks interrupt horizontal ecological flows, alter landscape spatial pattern, and therefore inhibit important interior species. Thus, road density and network structure are informative landscape ecology assays. Australia has huge road-reserve networks of native vegetation, whereas the Dutch have tunnels and overpasses perforating road barriers to enhance ecological flows. Based on road-effect zones, an estimated 15–20% of the United States is ecologically impacted by roads. </jats:p>
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- Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics
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Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 29 (1), 207-231, 1998-11
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- CRID
- 1362825893757289728
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- NII論文ID
- 30022136867
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- ISSN
- 00664162
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