Passage Through a Small Drainage Culvert by Mule Deer, Odocoilus hemionus, and Other Mammals

Authors

  • Alissa Krawchuk Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Thompson Rivers University, PO Box 3010, Kamloops, British Columbia V2C 5N3
  • Karl W. Larsen Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Thompson Rivers University, PO Box 3010, Kamloops, British Columbia V2C 5N3
  • Richard D. Weir Artemis Wildlife Consultants, 4515 Hullcar Road, Armstrong, British Columbia V0E 1B4
  • Helen Davis Artemis Wildlife Consultants, 4515 Hullcar Road, Armstrong, British Columbia V0E 1B4

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v119i2.119

Keywords:

road crossing, Mule Deer, Odocoilus hemionus, Black Bear, Ursus americanus, road ecology, underpass, highway crossing

Abstract

Cameras with infra-red triggers were used to monitor the passage of wildlife through underground passages that ran under a major highway and railway. Several species of mammals were detected traveling through the passages; of particular interest was the movement of Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) through a relatively small culvert that would not have been predicted to see usage by these animals.

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Vol. 119 No. 2 (2005)

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