FAST-TRACK: A southern California freeway is a physical and social barrier to gene flow in carnivores

Roads present formidable barriers to dispersal. We examine movements of two highly mobile carnivores across the Ventura Freeway near Los Angeles, one of the busiest highways in the United States. The two species, bobcats and coyotes, can disappear from habitats isolated and fragmented by roads, and...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Molecular ecology 2006-06, Vol.15 (7), p.1733-1741
Hauptverfasser:	RILEY, SETH P. D., POLLINGER, JOHN P., SAUVAJOT, RAYMOND M., YORK, ERIC C., BROMLEY, CASSITY, FULLER, TODD K., WAYNE, ROBERT K.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal migration Animal populations Carnivora carnivores conservation genetics Coyotes Dispersal Ecology gene flow Genetics habitat fragmentation road and anthropogenic barriers Roads & highways territoriality Wildcats
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