Conclusions: Elk habitat selection ratios varied in response to road pattern. Regularly spaced roads negatively influenced habitat selection, whereas a clumped pattern supported larger blocks of road-free habitat. Road density threshold at which elk could still occur in high numbers: 1.5 km/km⊃2; Thresholds/Learnings: Road density threshold at which elk could still occur in high numbers: 1.5 km/km⊃2; Synopsis: This study tested 3 aspects of an elk road density model to determine patterns of elk behavior relative to road density and configuration. The study compared model predictions with observed values of elk habitat selection at varying levels of road density. It also compared the effect of different spatial...
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Tags: Blue Mountains,
Cervus elaphus,
Disturbance,
Forest Management,
Grazing, All tags...
Land use configuration,
Landscape fragmentation,
Oregon,
Starkey Experimental Forest and Range,
Starkey Project,
elk,
experimental forest/range,
habitat effectiveness model,
linear disturbance,
managed forests,
meso-regional,
radiotelemetry,
rangelands,
road density,
road pattern,
roads,
terrestrial mammals, Fewer tags
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