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Wildlife take to the high road
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6-13-2008 12:43 AM
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Because it can do so safely - at least that is what an Australian study into the impact of wildlife rope bridges shows.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/13/2270439.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.abc.net.au/img/273E995C-1E9D-43B4-A568-B7F17F8B2F34" alt="possum family" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/13/2270439.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P class="caption" id="storyPhotosCaption">Roadcrossing is a family affair for these ringtail possums with the advent of a rope bridge across the Hume Highway <EM>(Source: Rodney van der Ree)</EM></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/13/2270439.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>Dr Rodney van der Ree, a senior ecologist with the <A target="_blank" href="http://arcue.botany.unimelb.edu.au/">Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology</A>, says his study shows native Australian animals are using wildlife bridges to cross highways.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/13/2270439.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>It also highlights the importance of creating corridors for wildlife across major roads as a way of preventing local extinctions of native species.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/13/2270439.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>Van der Ree says wildlife bridges are becoming more common across Australia.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/13/2270439.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>Eight weeks after the Benalla rope bridge was installed, van der Ree placed cameras on each end of the bridge to record animal movements.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/13/2270439.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>He says early results show the animals have acclimatised to the bridge.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3F2712C2-6654-4D50-B2A2-0C11B5B39B02/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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