Partially buried conveyor belt to allow vehicular access across wildlife fencing
ABSTRACT Researchers and managers often need vehicular access into areas fenced to protect wildlife, but commonly used vehicle crossings often are cumbersome, cost‐prohibitive, or inadequate at restricting target taxa. We describe a cost‐effective method using partially buried conveyor belt, which i...
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| author | Zachary C. Adcock J. Steve Godley Andrew R. MacLaren Shashwat Sirsi Michael R. J. Forstner |
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| description | ABSTRACT Researchers and managers often need vehicular access into areas fenced to protect wildlife, but commonly used vehicle crossings often are cumbersome, cost‐prohibitive, or inadequate at restricting target taxa. We describe a cost‐effective method using partially buried conveyor belt, which is flexible and sturdy enough to allow convenient and frequent vehicular passage across wildlife fencing while not compromising the integrity of the barrier or harming the target species. We have no evidence of any target taxa (i.e., tortoises, freshwater turtles, toads) breaching a conveyor belt barrier from projects in central Florida (2005–2012), Guadalupe County, Texas (2014–2018), or Robertson County, Texas (2014). The proposed technique is unlikely to prevent large‐bodied, saltatory, climbing, or arboreal taxa from crossing a wildlife barrier. However, this technique is applicable to many small vertebrates and any taxa for which silt‐fencing or other similar semipermanent barriers are appropriate. © 2018 The Wildlife Society. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b78b1e539b224786882de0aeaeb56ccd2025-08-20T01:57:49ZengWileyWildlife Society Bulletin2328-55402018-09-0142352853310.1002/wsb.906Partially buried conveyor belt to allow vehicular access across wildlife fencingZachary C. Adcock0J. Steve Godley1Andrew R. MacLaren2Shashwat Sirsi3Michael R. J. Forstner4Department of BiologyTexas State University601 University DriveSan MarcosTX78666USACardno3905 Crescent Park DriveRiverviewFL33578USADepartment of BiologyTexas State University601 University DriveSan MarcosTX78666USADepartment of BiologyTexas State University601 University DriveSan MarcosTX78666USADepartment of BiologyTexas State University601 University DriveSan MarcosTX78666USAABSTRACT Researchers and managers often need vehicular access into areas fenced to protect wildlife, but commonly used vehicle crossings often are cumbersome, cost‐prohibitive, or inadequate at restricting target taxa. We describe a cost‐effective method using partially buried conveyor belt, which is flexible and sturdy enough to allow convenient and frequent vehicular passage across wildlife fencing while not compromising the integrity of the barrier or harming the target species. We have no evidence of any target taxa (i.e., tortoises, freshwater turtles, toads) breaching a conveyor belt barrier from projects in central Florida (2005–2012), Guadalupe County, Texas (2014–2018), or Robertson County, Texas (2014). The proposed technique is unlikely to prevent large‐bodied, saltatory, climbing, or arboreal taxa from crossing a wildlife barrier. However, this technique is applicable to many small vertebrates and any taxa for which silt‐fencing or other similar semipermanent barriers are appropriate. © 2018 The Wildlife Society.https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.906avoidanceconveyor beltdrift fencefreshwater turtlegopher tortoiseHouston toad |
| spellingShingle | Zachary C. Adcock J. Steve Godley Andrew R. MacLaren Shashwat Sirsi Michael R. J. Forstner Partially buried conveyor belt to allow vehicular access across wildlife fencing Wildlife Society Bulletin avoidance conveyor belt drift fence freshwater turtle gopher tortoise Houston toad |
| title | Partially buried conveyor belt to allow vehicular access across wildlife fencing |
| title_full | Partially buried conveyor belt to allow vehicular access across wildlife fencing |
| title_fullStr | Partially buried conveyor belt to allow vehicular access across wildlife fencing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Partially buried conveyor belt to allow vehicular access across wildlife fencing |
| title_short | Partially buried conveyor belt to allow vehicular access across wildlife fencing |
| title_sort | partially buried conveyor belt to allow vehicular access across wildlife fencing |
| topic | avoidance conveyor belt drift fence freshwater turtle gopher tortoise Houston toad |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.906 |
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