Book ID: 92047
Forman, Richard T. T. and Kevin Heanue
Road Ecology. Science and Solutions. 2003. illustr. 424 p. gr8vo. Cloth.
Topics examined include: foundations of road ecology/ roads, vehicles,and transportation planning/ vegetation and roadsides/ wildlifepopulations and mitigation/ water, sediment, and chemical flows/ aquaticecosystems/ wind, noise, and atmospheric effects/ and road networks andlandscape fragmentation. This book links ecological theories andconcepts with transportation planning, engineering, and travel behavior.It opens up an important new research frontier for ecologists.