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<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:contributor>Stacie A. Hathaway</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Robert N. Fisher</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Cheryl S. Brehme</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2018</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;div id="ASec1" class="AbstractSection"&gt;&lt;p class="Heading"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Context&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id="Par1" class="Para"&gt;Transportation and wildlife agencies may consider the need for barrier structures and safe wildlife road-crossings to maintain the long-term viability of wildlife populations. In order to prioritize these efforts, it is important to identify species that are most at risk of extirpation from road-related impacts.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="ASec2" class="AbstractSection"&gt;&lt;p class="Heading"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Purpose&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id="Par2" class="Para"&gt;Our goal was to identify reptiles and amphibians in California most susceptible to road mortality and fragmentation. With over 160 species and a lack of species-specific research data, we developed an objective risk assessment method based upon road ecology science.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="ASec3" class="AbstractSection"&gt;&lt;p class="Heading"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Methods&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id="Par3" class="Para"&gt;Risk scoring was based upon a suite of life history and space-use characteristics associated with negative road effects applied in a hierarchical manner from individuals to species. We evaluated risk to both aquatic and terrestrial connectivity and calculated buffer distances to encompass 95% of population-level movements. We ranked species into five relative categories of road-related risk (very-high to very-low) based upon 20% increments of all species scores.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="ASec4" class="AbstractSection"&gt;&lt;p class="Heading"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Results&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id="Par4" class="Para"&gt;All chelonids, 72% of snakes, 50% of anurans, 18% of lizards and 17% of salamander species in California were ranked at high or very-high risk from negative road impacts. Results were largely consistent with local and global scientific literature in identifying high risk species and groups.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="ASec5" class="AbstractSection"&gt;&lt;p class="Heading"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Conclusions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id="Par5" class="Para"&gt;This comparative risk assessment method provides a science-based framework to identify species most susceptible to negative road impacts. The results can inform regional-scale road mitigation planning and prioritization efforts and threat assessments for special-status species. We believe this approach is applicable to numerous landscapes and taxonomic groups.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1007/s10980-018-0640-1</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Springer</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>An objective road risk assessment method for multiple species: ranking 166 reptiles and amphibians in California</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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