Why are some animal populations unaffected or positively affected by roads?

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Published in Oecologia on May 29, 2013

Authors

Trina Rytwinski1, Lenore Fahrig

Author Affiliations

1: Geomatics and Landscape Ecology Research Laboratory (GLEL), Ottawa-Carleton Institute of Biology, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada, trytwinski@hotmail.com.

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