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	Road fauna
		Road fauna or Roadkill is a scientific term describing animals rode over by vehicles on roads and freeways.
		The Simmons Society was founded by Roger M. Knutson to further studies of road fauna.
		The number of road fauna present on a given stretch of freeway is said to follow a poisson distribution.
	www.teachtime.com /en/wikipedia/r/ro/road_fauna.html (102 words)

	Ecology and Society: Why did the snake cross the road? Effects of roads on movement and location of mates by garter ...
		The road is 4 m wide and runs east–west, parallel to and <5 m from the main den area from whence the snakes emerge.
		The innermost point on each transect was on the center of the road surface, the two outermost points on each end of each transect were in the surrounding grass and aspen habitat, and the remaining two points on each side, midway along the transects, were on the road but close to its edge.
		Although the gravel road near the Inwood den is small and had no vehicular traffic during our study period, it nonetheless (a) comprised a very distinctive habitat in terms of several abiotic variables and (b) significantly modified the distributions, movement patterns, and mate-location abilities of snakes.
	www.ecologyandsociety.org /vol9/iss1/art9/inline.html (5746 words)

	Read about Road fauna at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Road fauna and learn about Road fauna here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The basic problem is that many species had previously never routinely encountered two-ton metal objects racing across the landscape at 50 miles per hour, and thus never evolved appropriate instincts for dealing with this new threat.
		Decorah, Iowa to further studies of road fauna.
		The number of road fauna present on a given stretch of freeway is said to follow a
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Roadkill (529 words)

	Roadkill
		Two unofficial World Records for Road Kill were set in the Spring of 1998 when in one 24 hour period, 12,491 mammals, reptiles, and birds were slaughtered on the roads of the town.
		At this time of year, the young offspring of last year's road survivors find themselves spread under the tires and thrust into the headlights of the local drivers.
		Tom Saran of Berkley won 1st prize in the National Wildlife Sculpture Contest with his entry, "Road Kill", despite the fact that two judges passed out during the judging, one from the odor, the other because she noted "movement".
	members.aol.com /billg135/roadkill.htm (295 words)

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		Taken from the Book " Flattened Fauna" Opossum Habits and Abundance: Contrary to popular southeren opinion, opossums are not born dead by the side of the road, but may give the impression in places were the are found abundant.
		In their off-road habitat, opossums are too tough to kill easily (serious reports suggest that they are immune to rattlesnake venom), and many a dog has mauled and left for dead an opossum that went on its way once the dog left.
		Even without cars, usually opossum live no more than two years, which is males less than a year old are particularly common of it's size on the road, by the virtue of its ability to adapt to nearly any surroundings and a tendency to stand and fight when confronted.
	www.dorje.com /netstuff/jokes/fauna.flat (526 words)

	Flora and Fauna of Andalucía, Southern Spain.
		The road to the Balneario is lined with mature eucalyptus trees, planted by the children of the village at the turn of the 20th century.
		The road, which is only tarmacked for a few miles, continues to climb until 1.6km after the hotel you come to a sign indicating a 4km circular walk called Alto de la Cuesta.
		The road follows the south bank of the Rio Burgo, passing a few small dams that provide pools for the local children to swim in the summer months.
	www.andalucia.com /environment/protect/sierradelasnieves/routes.htm (1361 words)

	Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) > WFT Gateway
		Calculated ‘effect distances’ (the distance from the road up to where a reduced density was present) based on these regressions varied between species from 40-1500 m for a road with 10,000 cars per day to 70-2800 m for a road with 60,000 cars per day (120 kmh-1 and 70% amount of woodland along the road).
		For a zone of 250 m from the road the reduction of the density varied from 20 to 98%.
		The objective is that the construction of new roads and the remedial action taken on existing roads should ensure that transport does not jeopardize the existence of different wildlife species in the future.
	itre.ncsu.edu /CTE/gateway/scantour_bib.asp (7517 words)

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		The total population of the area of influence of the project road is estimated at 348,372 (roughly 69,000 households), of which 217,123 are rural and 131,249 are urban.
		The project road is categorized as a Class II bitumen road: consequently it has a road reserve of 30 m in rural areas, and 20 m in urban areas.
		During this visit, the project road was examined in detail in order to establish actual and potential environmental and social impacts which could result from the road project and develop the social baseline.
	www-wds.worldbank.org /servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2004/03/09/000012009_20040309150841/Rendered/INDEX/E8330vol13101paper.txt (12054 words)

	Ataman Hotel - Artvin
		Along the road to Erzurum, are the Tortum waterfalls, constituting another attraction with a calm and peaceful atmosphere.
		As new roads are built in Eastern Turkey, a window opens on early civilizations as old as history itself, amid scenery that will take your breath away.
		Its wonderfully scenic roads lead to the ruined churches and settlements that stand as a legacy of this period.
	www.atamanhotel.com /artvin.html (821 words)

	Highway 407 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Overall are 40 different junctions on Highway 407 the toll road with the main transportation in the Greater Toronto Area.
		Customers who don't have a transponder a picture of their license plate taken which is then used to identify the driving on the road.
		After a lengthy debate over toll rates customer service Ontario Transportation Minister Harinder Takhar notice to the owners of the 407 are considered to be in default of contract as of February 2 2004.
	www.freeglossary.com /Highway_407 (871 words)

	Journal of Paleontology: New Miocene mammalian faunas from west central Nevada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The ?Clarendonian Churchill Valley Local Fauna and Clarendonian or Hemphillian Churchill Narrows Site assemblage were recovered from correlatives of the type Coal Valley Formation exposed along the southern flanks of the Virginia Range and in the vicinity of the Churchill Narrows area, respectively.
		The late Hemphillian Silver Springs Local Fauna was recovered from outcrops of the Truckee Formation exposed in the southeastern Virginia Range of Lyons and Churchill counties.
		This was done to avoid confusion as to which faunas and localities particular specimens of a taxon came from, especially those that can only be identified to family or genus.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3790/is_199801/ai_n8796999 (963 words)

	Sierra de Aracena y los Picos de Aroche Natural Park, Flora and Fauna of Andalucía, Southern Spain.
		To visit the mosque, which is usually open during the day, park near the main road and walk through the village and up the castle hill.
		The road then passes through two small, isolated villages of Cañaveral de León and Hinojales and this narrow stretch is particularly beautiful; just out of Arroyomolinos are some spectacular views looking south.
		The road follows some of the Múrtigas river valley and passes the village of La Nava.
	www.andalucia.com /environment/protect/sierradearacena-routes.htm (1379 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Beni savanna (NT0702)
		The flora and fauna of the region are influenced by the Amazon, the Chaco, and the Cerrado-Pantanal biogeographic regions.
		Irrigation of pastures using water from the rivers and draining of wetlands are changing the ecological characteristics of the region.
		Access is possible from La Paz with roads connecting to Riberalta/Guayaramerín to the north and Trinidad to the east.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt0702_full.html (2899 words)

	Western Transportation Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		We examine the relationships among roads, grizzly bears, and their habitat in a protected area with low road density but dominated by a major transportation corridor and highway system.
		Awareness of the environmental impacts of roads is increasing, yet information remains scarce for those interested in studying, understanding, or minimizing the ecological effects of roads and vehicles.
		Topics examined include: foundations of road ecology, roads, vehicles, and transportation planning, vegetation and roadsides, wildlife populations and mitigation, water, sediment, and chemical flows, aquatic ecosystems, wind, noise, and atmospheric effects, road networks and landscape fragmentation.
	www.coe.montana.edu /wti/what/publications.html (4563 words)

	Biological Conservation. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Tove Hels, Erik Buchwald, The effect of road kills on amphibian populations, Biological Conservation 99 (3) (2001) pp.
		G.P. Clarke, P.C.L. White, S. Harris, Effects of roads on badger Meles meles populations in south-west England, Biological Conservation 86 (2) (1998) pp.
		Yanes, J.M. Velasco, F. Suarez, Permeability of roads and railways to vertebrates: the importance of culverts, Biological Conservation 71 (3) (1995) pp.
	www.elsevier.com /cdweb/journals/00063207/viewer.htt?viewtype=keywords&rangeselected=180 (814 words)

	ABC Online Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Other options include a fauna overpass (vegetated bridge where the road is in a cutting).
		Here in SA we have the Mt Barker Highway and it is a terrible road for the local fauna because they got half way and encountered the cement barriers in the middle, the ones that stop cars from having head on collisions.
		I don't know if they wait in ambush at either side of the road, but I think that a 'rutting' male Koala would be a force to contend with even for a fox.
	www2b.abc.net.au /science/scribblygum/newposts/105/topic105661.shtm (1402 words)

	University of Rhode Island News Releases
		Part of the agreement calls for the park to monitor the effects of vehicles on the ecology of the beach.
		So far Ginsberg thinks there is some degree of consistency in the interactions among beach fauna, which suggests a structured community.
		In a related study completed in 1999, Steinback recorded 217 species of invertebrates living on one beach on Fire Island, N.Y. Most were amphipods which she describes as "semi-terrestrial crustaceans" beetles, mites, worms, flies and spiders.
	www.uri.edu /news/releases/html/00-0407.htm (576 words)

	City of Monash: Habitat Quality
		Remnant strips of vegetation offer the greatest value as fauna habitat when they comprise intact vegetation; species richness is often positively correlated with vegetation width (Bennett 1991).
		The indigenous vegetation at Warrigal Road and south of Waverley Road is represented by scattered indigenous trees and shrubs, or scattered clumps of trees and shrubs.
		There is considerable potential for retaining the indigenous trees and shrubs present along the creek near Waverley Road, removing non-indigenous plant species, and revegetating with indigenous species to link Fairway Reserve with remnant vegetation at Valley Reserve.
	www.monash.vic.gov.au /environment/quality.htm (1443 words)

	Study of Cape Cod Seashore finds off-road vehicles harmful to beach fauna
		URI graduate student reports 50 percent reduction in populations of invertebrates on beaches where driving is permitted
		If you protect the wrack, you protect many of the species, especially those that spend part of their life burrowed in the bare sand behind the wrack where vehicles are instructed to drive," she said.
		Steinback suggests that one step the Park Service might take to further protect beach fauna is to close beaches to traffic on an alternating schedule, rather than close some beaches for the entire season and open others.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2004-05/uori-soc052004.php (616 words)

	Great Moments in Science, Ep 48, 1997 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		One of the early writers about Flattened Fauna was Roger Knutson, a Professor of Biology at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.
		They placed eight fake turtles and snakes on the road, so that they were directly in the path of the wheels of the vehicles.
		This is a collection of exquisite recipes, that have for their main ingredient some kind of Flattened Fauna peeled, or scraped, off the road.
	www.abc.net.au /science/k2/moments/gmis9748.htm (777 words)

	Worldisround - Taman Negara Kuala Koh - National Parks in Kelantan pictures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		This section of Taman Negara is part of the Peninsular National Park covering 4343 sq km which includes the state of Kelantan, Trengganu and Pahang.
		It is home to many unique species of flora and fauna.
		Road signs with elephant were observed in the park.
	www.worldisround.com /articles/22390/text.html (391 words)

	Naturally, Hamilton! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		This Conservation Area is on the south side of the road.
		Follow any road in the cemetery that leads to the bluffs overlooking Carrol's Bay and Hamilton Harbour.
		On Ridge Road 1km east of Hwy #20.
	www.hamiltonnature.org /publications/naturallyham/site_map.htm (968 words)

	Untitled Document
		Subsequent to road development, standing crop estimates of Mahseer declined from a maximum mean monthly biomass of 0.492 g.m-2 (February) to 0.185 g.m-2, a 62% decrease, and a minimum monthly mean biomass (July-August) of 0.185 g.m-2 to 0.014 g.m-2, a 92% decrease.
		On 310km of roads around Emas National Park, highway mortality of fauna was close to 405 deaths/year in 1999 and it reaches to 540 deaths/year at the end of 2002, that is, an increasing of 33% in three years.
		This poster will detail the road traveled by this project: from conception through implementation, to the publicizing of results and the subsequent media fallout, and will conclude with the steps taken to clarify the study conclusions and lessons learned about publicizing science that is of public and political interest.
	www.icoet.net /ICOET_2003/03webabstracts/03abstract1.htm (16186 words)

	Road fauna - TheBestLinks.com - Roadkill, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub, 1938, Poisson distribution, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Road fauna - TheBestLinks.com - Roadkill, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub, 1938, Poisson distribution,...
		Roadkill, Road fauna, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub, 1938, Poisson...
		There are many euphemisms for roadkill, such as "splatted animal" and "hot slot".
	www.thebestlinks.com /Roadkill.html (157 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Furthermore, it will be necessary to construct a new road some 2 km in length from the main highway at Kuloro to the site.
		The Bund Road site was created by cutting of a part of Banjul bay by causeway and installing a pumping station to reduce water level.
		A water sample was taken in a mangrove bolon near the pumping station on Bund Road.
	www-wds.worldbank.org /servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2001/11/22/000094946_0109130401323/Rendered/INDEX/multi0page.txt (5179 words)

	FAUNA
		Fauna is a dedicated group of people who care for sick, injured and orphaned native australian animals.
		Find out about endangered fauna in the Queensland area, find out what to do in an emergency situation by visiting the emergency tab.
		Part of proceeds will be donated back to Fauna to assist with ongoing educational workshops and carer support.
	www.fauna.com.au (342 words)

	Mt Hart Wilderness Lodge, Gibb River Road Accommodation, Kimberley, Western Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Mt Hart provides excellent opportunities for watching, painting and photographing the flora and fauna of this wonderful part of the West Kimberley.
		Fauna seen in the gardens and surrounding bush includes Merten's Water Monitors, Golden Tree Snakes (harmless, unless you're a frog!), Green Tree Snakes (ditto), Knob-tailed Gekkos, Military Dragons, dingoes, and a variety of nocturnal visitors including quolls, bandicoots, flying foxes and small marsupials.
		Agile and Nail-tailed wallabies are often seen on the slopes above Mathew Gorge, and Western Red Kangaroos, although uncommon in Kimberley west of the Phillips Range, are occasionally sighted on Mt Hart.
	www.mthart.com.au /htm/page11932.cfm (186 words)

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		Jacomo, Anah T.A. Highway impacts on terrestrial fauna are known as a serious mortality source for several species around the world.
		Despite the international concerns about this issue, only recently has this question been included in Brazilian policies of transportation.Brazilian Pantanal and Cerrado biomes and corridors are known as two of the broadest wildlife sanctuaries in South America, and their fauna movements has been drastically affected by road development.
		Along 1,350km of federal roads around Pantanal (from Caceres/MT to Corumba/MS) road kill estimate escalated from 1,120 deaths/year in 1992 to 8,090 deaths/year in 2002.
	repositories.cdlib.org /cgi/oai2.cgi?verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&set=keyword:brazil (1054 words)

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