Small-Mammal Genomics Highlights Viaducts as Potential Dispersal Conduits for Fragmented Populations.

ABSTRACT: Wildlife crossings are implemented in many countries to facilitate the dispersal of animals among habitats fragmented by roads. However, the efficacy of different types of habitat corridors remains poorly understood. We used a comprehensive sampling regime in two lowland dipterocarp forest areas in peninsular Malaysia to sample pairs of small mammal individuals in three treatment types: (1) viaduct sites, at which sampling locations were separated by a highway but connected by a vegetated viaduct; (2) non-viaduct sites, at which sampling locations were separated by a highway and not connected by a viaduct; and (3) control sites, at which there was no highway fragmenting the forest. For four small mammal species, the common tree shrew Tupaia glis, Rajah's spiny rat Maxomys rajah</

SUBMITTER: Hui TCY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10854910 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature