Road Ecology: Science and Solutions
- ISBN-10
- 1559639334
- ISBN-13
- 9781559639330
- Category
- Architecture
- Pages
- 481
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Island Press
- Authors
- Richard T.T. Forman, Daniel Sperling, John A. Bissonette
Description
Road Ecology links ecological theories and concepts with transportation planning, engineering, and travel behavior. With more than 100 illustrations and examples from around the world, it is an indispensable and pioneering work for anyone involved with transportation.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
Handbook of Road Ecology
By Daniel J. Smith, Rodney van der Ree, Clara GriloTo estimate movement pathways or road‐crossing locations, fixes must be collected frequently, which may be at 15 minute intervals or less, depending on the speed of the target species (Dickson et al. 2005). When describing animal home ...
-
An Introduction to Disturbance Ecology: A Road Map for Wildlife Management and Conservation
By Corrado Battisti, Gianluca Poeta, Giuliano FanelliThis book represents an introductory review of disturbance ecology and threat analysis, providing schematic concepts and approaches useful for work on sites that are affected by the impact of human actions.
-
Roads and Ecological Infrastructure: Concepts and Applications for Small Animals
By Kimberly M. Andrews, Priya Nanjappa, Seth P. D. RileyPublished in association with The Wildlife Society.
-
New England's Roadside Ecology: Explore 30 of the Region's Unique Natural Areas
By Tom WesselsThe sites include the forests, wetlands, alpines, dunes, and geologic ecosystems that make up New England. Author Tom Wessels is the perfect guide.
-
Assessing and Managing the Ecological Impacts of Paved Roads
By National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Environmental Studies and ToxicologyIntegrating environmental considerations into all phases of transportation is an important, evolving process. The increasing awareness of environmental issues has made road development more complex and controversial.
-
Railway Ecology
By Luís Borda-de-Água, Rafael Barrientos, Pedro BejaThis book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.
-
Towns, Ecology, and the Land
By Richard T. T. FormanFree-ranging or free-running dogs are unsupervised, unfenced, unleashed, and spend all or most of the time on their own outdoors (Rubin and Beck, 1982; Gompper, 2014). Two free-ranging dog types are commonly recognized: those with an ...
-
Microbial Ecology
By Larry L. Barton, Diana E. NorthupThis book covers the ecological activities of microbes in the biosphere with an emphasis on microbial interactions within their environments and communities In thirteen concise and timely chapters, Microbial Ecology presents a broad ...
-
Ecology of Desert Systems
By Walter G. Whitford, Benjamin D. DuvalCollins, S.L., Carpenter, S.R., Swinton, S.M., Orenstein, D.E., Childers, D.L., Gragson, T.L., Grimm, N.B., Grove, J.M., Harlan, S.L., Kaye, J.P., Knapp, A.K., 2011. An integrated conceptual framework for long-term social–ecological ...
-
Urban Ecology: Science of Cities
By Richard T. T. FormanJim, C. Y. and Liu, H. T. (2001). Species diversity ofthree major urban forest types in Guangzhou City, China. ... L. W. Adams and D. L. Leedy. Columbia, Maryland: National Institute for Urban Wildlife, pp. 123–127.