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... Deen, Executive Director (retired) Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences Member, National Academy of Engineering Foreword to Road Ecology: Science and Solutions98 "In the past century, dramatic changes have been made in the U.S.
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... This job is not inherently difficult, but it does require purposeful activity guided by informed, synthetic analyses that reflect true benefits and costs. The research team defined transportation services to mean, among other things, safe, efficient, reliable roads; inexpensive transportation; properly constructed intersections: safe and quiet road surfaces; good visibility; safe bridges; and good signage.
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... Understanding animal behavior is critical in achieving permeability. Providing guidance on the use and effectiveness of wildlife crossings to mitigate habitat fragmentation and reduce the number of WVCs involves thinking in a large-scale, contextsensitive framework that is based on sound ecological principles.
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... Section 3.1 discusses the application of reported WVC data typically available in state DOT databases and investigates how the application of two databases, reported WVCs and carcass removals, can lead to different roadway improvement decisions. Section 3.2 includes analyses of WVC data and explores the limiting effects of roadkill reporting data due to
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... Section 3.5 explores whether the relationship between dispersal distances and home range size of mammalian species can be used to develop scaling relationships to decide on the placement of wildlife crossings that will help restore landscape permeability across fragmented habitat networks. Each of these sections is organized into five subsections: (1)
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