A LANDSCAPE APPROACH TO EXAMINING THE IMPACTS OF ROADS ON THE ECOLOGICAL FUNCTION ASSOCIATED WITH WILDLIFE MOVEMENT AND MOVEMENT CORRIDORS: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
This paper examines landscape ecology concepts associated with wildlife movement and the impacts of highways upon wildlife and wildlife habitat. Discussion is centered around current efforts in Florida to address the impact of highways and human development upon the remaining natural landscape. The program to establish ecological greenways in Florida is discussed with regard to the coordination with state highway planning to provide habitat corridors and wildlife crossing structures where greenways and highways intersect. Research involving the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to develop priorities for a statewide ranking for the construction of wildlife crossing structures is introduced.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Also published by Florida DOT as a paper in FL-ER-58-96, "Trends in Addressing Transportation Related Wildlife Mortality: Proceedings of the Transportation Related Wildlife Mortality Seminar (June 1996).
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Corporate Authors:
Florida Department of Transportation
Haydon Burns Building, 605 Suwanee Street
Tallahassee, FL United States 32301Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Smith, D J
- Harris, L D
- Mazzotti, F J
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Conference:
- Transportation and Wildlife: Reducing Wildlife Mortality and Improving Wildlife Passageways Across Transportation Corridors
- Location: Orlando, Florida
- Date: 1996-4-30 to 1996-5-2
- Publication Date: 1996-8
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: p. 260-272
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Development; Ecology; General surface features of the earth; Geographic information systems; Habitat (Ecology); Highway planning; Highways; Impacts; Real estate development; Strategic planning; Wilderness areas; Wildlife; Wildlife crossings
- Uncontrolled Terms: Landscape
- Geographic Terms: Florida
- Old TRIS Terms: Geographical information systems
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00745670
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-PD-96-041
- Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Feb 3 1998 12:00AM