[Forest-list] 2013-10-06 NRMI: This Issue: Wildlife, Buffer-Strips and Road-Kill (Part 1 of 2) and Some Other Good Things

[H. Gyde Lund]

*2013-10-06**NRMI: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING ITEMS OF INTEREST*

This Issue:*/Wildlife, Buffer-Strips and Road-Kill/ /(Part 1 of 2)/ *and 
Some Other Good Things

*WILDLIFE, BUFFER-STRIPS AND ROAD-KILL (Part 1 of 2) -- *Some recent 
correspondence from the Appeal List piqued my interest in the subject. 
Here are some sites that may be of interest.

Ament, Robert J. et al*.*2007. *An Assessment of Road Impacts on 
Wildlife Populations in U.S. National Parks.* 
<http://rewilding.org/rewildit/images/NPS-Road-Fatalities-Survey.pdf>**WTI-MSU 
Technical Report REP-07-01**37 p.**

Andersen, D.C., 2007, *Road impacts on the Baca National Wildlife 
Refuge, Colorado, with an emphasis on effects to surface- and shallow 
ground-water hydrology---a literature review. 
<http://www.fort.usgs.gov/products/publications/21882/21882.pdf>* U.S. 
Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1052, 26 p.

Braunstein, Mark Matthew. n.d. *U.S. Roads Kill A Million A Day - 
Driving Animals To Their Graves* 
<http://www.culturechange.org/issue8/roadkill.htm>. Culture Change.

Burnett, Jim. 2011. *Winter Brings Increased Hazards for Wildlife and 
Humans on Park Roads* 
<http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2011/11/winter-brings-increased-hazards-wildlife-and-humans-park-roads8985>. 
National Parks Traveler.

Ciuti, Simone et al. n.d. *Effects of Humans on Behaviour of Wildlife 
Exceed Those of Natural Predators in a Landscape of Fear.* 
<http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0050611>PLOS/one

Clevenger, Anthony P. et al. 2006. *II. Methods and applications - 
Hotspot identification of wildlife-vehicle collisions for transportation 
planning.* 
<http://friendsofkootenay.ca/sites/default/files/Clevenger%20&%20Hardy%202006%207742.pdf>Analyses 
of wildlife-vehicle collision data: applications for guiding 
decision-making for wildlife crossing mitigation and motorist safety

Clevenger, Anthony P. et al. 2007? *I. Limiting effects of road-kill 
reporting data due to spatial inaccuracy* 
<http://www.westerntransportationinstitute.org/documents/reports/4W0518_Analysis_Report.pdf>*. 
*Analyses of Wildlife-Vehicle Collision Data: Applications for Guiding 
Decision-Making for Wildlife Crossing Mitigation and Motorist Safety. 26 
p. **

Coelho, Pfeifer et al. 2012. *Anuran road-kills neighboring a peri-urban 
reserve in the Atlantic Forest, Brazil. Journal of Environmental 
Management*<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479712003659>112: 
17--26

*Conserving Wildlife On and Around Maine's Roads* 
<http://www.beginningwithhabitat.org/pdf/MARoadsWildlife-FINAL.pdf>*. *10 p.

*Continental Divide - Borderlands, Wildlife, People and the WALL* 
<https://www.defenders.org/sites/default/files/publications/continental_divide.pdf>**

Curtis, H.R. 2010. *Deadly Stupidity: Government Roads in Deer Country* 
<http://www.lewrockwell.com/2010/12/rev-h-r-curtis/deadly-stupidity-government-roads-in-deercountry/>.LewRockwell.com

Da Silva et al. 2007. *Road kills impact over the herpetofauna of 
Atlantic Forest (PR-340, Antonina, Paraná).* 
<http://ojs.c3sl.ufpr.br/ojs2/index.php/acta/article/download/9668/6681>**Acta 
Biol. Par., Curitiba, 36 (1-2): 103-112.

DeWoody, J Andrew, et al. 2010. *Monitoring and Predicting Traffic 
Induced Vertebrate Mortality Near Wetlands* 
<http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2604&context=jtrp&sei-redir=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Furl%3Fsa%3Dt%26rct%3Dj%26q%3Droadkills%2520and%2520forest%2520cover%26source%3Dweb%26cd%3D25%26ved%3D0CEQQFjAEOBQ%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fdocs.lib.purdue.edu%252Fcgi%252Fviewcontent.cgi%253Farticle%253D2604%2526context%253Djtrp%26ei%3DpehFUsfIGZiz4AOayYCwAw%26usg%3DAFQjCNHUyAFI8GgPwCAjCoNnJw3VsO3aTQ%26bvm%3Dbv.53217764%2Cd.dmg#search=%22roadkills%20forest%20cover%22>. 
JTRP Technical Reports. 121 p.

Dodson, Brian. 2013. *Evolution in action: Roadkill breeds birds with 
shorter wings* 
<http://www.gizmag.com/roadkill-breeds-cliff-swallows-shorter-wings-evolution/26708/>. 
Gizmag

DOT. N.d. *Wildlife and Highways: An Overview. Critter Crossings* 
<http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/critter_crossings/main.cfm>**

*Effects of Linear Land Uses (Roads, Power Lines, and Trails) on Forest 
Wildlife* <http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/sustain/report/terra3/terra3-15.htm>**

Ercelawn, Ayesha. 2000. *End of the Road: The Adverse Ecological Impacts 
of Roads and Logging. 
<http://www.nrdc.org/land/forests/roads/eotrinx.asp>* NRDC.

Erwin, Teressa. 2011. *Road Ecology: How Roads Impact Wildlife* 
<http://voices.yahoo.com/road-ecology-roads-impact-wildlife-7564208.html>. 
YAHOO voices

*Forest Harvesting Operations* 
<http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dfg/dfw/wildlife-habitat-conservation/forest-harvesting-operations.html>**

*Forestry Filter Strips / Buffer Strips* 
<http://projects.geosyntec.com/NPSManual/Fact%20Sheets/Buffer%20Strips.pdf>**3 
p.

Freitas, Simone R. 2012. *The influence of landscape characteristics on 
capybara roadkill on the Br-040 highway, southeastern Brazil*. 
<http://www.iene-conferences.info/cms/media/uploads/abstracts/abstract_68_4fd79e447bcae.pdf>IENE 
2012: Abstract submission. 1 p.

Hartmann, Paulo A. et a. 2011. *Snake Road Mortality in a Protected Area 
in the Atlantic Forest of Southeastern Brazil.* 
<http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.2994/057.006.0105>**South American 
Journal of Herpetology 6(1):35-42. Abstract.

*How Do Roads Impact Wildlife?* 
<http://www.peopleswaywildlifecrossings.org/howdoroadsimpactwildlife.html>**

*How Many is Too Many: A Review of Road Density Thresholds for Wildlife* 
<http://www.wildlandscpr.org/node/124/print>**

Jacobson, Sandra L*. *2012.***Roads and Wildlife: Impacts and Solutions* 
<http://www.5counties.org/docs/roadedu/2012_5c_roads/effects_on_wildlife_sjacobson_2012.pdf>*. 
*56 slides.

Jaffe, Rose et al. 2002? *Wildlife Road Survey and Human Interactions On 
and Off Road* 
<http://www.snowmobileinfo.org/snowmobile-access-docs/Wildlife-Road-Survey-Human-Interactions-On-off-Road_2003.pdf>. 
Final Report. 9 p.

Kanda, L. Leann. et al. 2006. *Landscape Associations of Road-killed 
Virginia Opossums (Didelphis virginiana) in Central Massachusetts.* 
<http://goose.ycp.edu/%7Eabotyriu/Bio%201%20Papers/Road-killed%20opossums.pdf>Am. 
Midl. Nat. 156:128--134

Kissling, Michelle L.; Garton, Edward O. 2008. *Forested Buffer Strips 
and Breeding Bird Communities in Southeast Alaska.* 
<http://www.fws.gov/alaska/fisheries/fieldoffice/juneau/pdf/10-ForestBirds-2_Kissling&Garton_BufferStripsSEAK.pdf>**Journal 
of Wildlife Management 72(3):674--681.

Lee, T., M. S.et al. 2006. *Citizen, science, highways, and wildlife: 
using a web-based GIS to engage citizens in collecting wildlife 
information* 
<http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss1/art11/>*.*Ecology and 
Society 11(1): 1.

Lombardo, Anne. 2013. *Roadkill is a serious threat to rare wildlife 
populations.* 
<http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=10962>Green Blog.

*SOME OTHER PUBLICATIONS/URLS OF INTEREST*

Addison, P.F.E., et al. 2013.*Practical solutions for making models 
indispensable in conservation decision-making 
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ddi.12054/abstract>*. 
Divers. Distrib. 19(5-6):490-502. Abstract.

Alexiades, M.N., et al. 2013. *The missing skill set in community 
management of tropical forests. 
<http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1111/cobi.12040?locale=en>* 
Conserv. Biol. 27(3):635-637

Appiah, M. 2013. *Tree population inventory, diversity and degradation 
analysis of a tropical dry deciduous forest in Afram Plains, Ghana. 
<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112713000674>* 
Forest Ecol. Manag. 295:145-154. Abstract.

Avon, C., et al. 2013. *Management practices increase the impact of 
roads on plant communities in forests 
<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320712004284>. 
*Biol. Conserv. 159:24-31. Abstract.

Beaune, D., et al.2013. *Doom of the elephant-dependent trees in a Congo 
tropical forest. 
<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037811271300008X>* 
Forest Ecol. Manag. 295:109-117. Abstract.

Bianchi, C.A.; Haig, S.M. 2013. *Deforestation trends of tropical dry 
forests in central Brazil. 
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/btp.12010/abstract>* 
Biotropica 45(3):395-400. Abstract.

Blaser, J., et al. 2011. *Status of Tropical Forest Management 2011 
<http://www.itto.int/direct/topics/topics_pdf_download/topics_id=2660&no=0>*. 
ITTO Technical Series No 38. International Tropical Timber Organization, 
Yokohama, Japan. 420 p.

Breckenridge, Mary Beth. 2013. *Farming in the forests 
<http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Environment/2013/08/27/Farming-in-the-forests.aspx>*. 
The Star Online

Brown, G.P., et al. 2013. *Road transect surveys do not reveal any 
consistent effects of a toxic invasive species on tropical reptiles 
<http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-012-0346-2#page-1>*. 
Biol. Invasions 15(5):1005-1015. First page.

Bryce, Emma..2013. *Birds May Help Forests Stay Cool. 
<http://www.audubonmagazine.org/articles/birds/birds-may-help-forests-stay-cool>* 
Audubon Magazine.

Burns, E.S., et al. 2013. *A modeling framework for life history-based 
conservation planning <http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/42412>*. Biol. 
Conserv. 158:14-25

Celine, E.,  et al. 2013.*National forest cover change in Congo Basin: 
deforestation, reforestation, degradation and regeneration for the years 
1990, 2000 and 2005.* 
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.12092/abstract> Global 
Change Biol. 19(4):1173-1187. Abstract.

*KEEPING UP-TO-DATE -- PRODUCTS, NEWSLETTERS, EMAIL LISTS, JOURNALS.*See 
also 
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<http://botany.si.edu/puhttps:/www.createspace.com/3489254bs/bcn/links.cfm>, 
http://scholar.google.com/, and**Directory of Open Access Journals. 
http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=findJournals. 
<http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=findJournals.%5C>

*BCN -*Biological Conservation Newsletter for October 2013 - Issue No. 
346 now at http://botany.si.edu/pubs/bcn/issue/latest.htm

*Infosylva --*Forestry News Clippings No. 18/2013 now available at 
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*People and Forests E-News -- *October 2013 issue now at 
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*SDI News -*The SDI Regional Newsletters for October 2013 are now posted 
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*/SDI-Latin America and Caribbean Newsletter/*- 
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*WORKING SMARTER - WORKSHOPS, MEETINGS, EVENTS, ETC*. -- See also: 
http://www.gfis.net, http://www.iufro.org/events/calendar/ and 
http://www.iufro.org/discover/noticeboard/.

2-4 December 2013. Seminar: *Innovative Approaches to Turn Statistics 
into Knowledge*, Aguascalientes, Mexico. See 
http://www.oecd.org/std/statknowledge.htm

*MOVING AHEAD -- OPPORTUNITIES*-- See also: Scholarships-Positions 
<http://scholarship-positions.com/>, Forestry, Arboriculture, 
Agriculture, Agronomy & Natural Resource Management Jobs at 
http://www.earthworks-jobs.com/forest.htm, Riley Guide to Agriculture, 
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http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/index.html The Job Seekers Guide for 
International and Environmental Careers 
_http://timresch.net/ejobs/index.htm _and Scholarship Listing 
_http://www.scholarshiplisting.com/_.

*PhD Fellowship*: Citizen science for water resources management in the 
tropical Andes. University of Glasgow. 
http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=47899&Email=1 
 From Artur Gil, Applied GIS RS List

*Postdoctoral Fellowship*- in LIDAR remote sensing at the University of 
Lethbridge (Canada). 
http://scholar.ulethbridge.ca/hopkinson/announcements/prestigious-postdoctoral-fellowship-opportunity. 
 From Artur Gil, Applied GIS RS List

*NEXT ISSUE: /Wildlife, Buffer-Strips and Road-Kill (Part 2 of 2)/*

*Pay It Forward/-- Cheers, Gyde/*

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