Squirrel gliders use roadside glide poles to cross a road gap
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Published source details
Taylor B.D. & Goldingay R.L. (2013) Squirrel gliders use roadside glide poles to cross a road gap. Australian Mammalogy, 35, 119-122.
Published source details Taylor B.D. & Goldingay R.L. (2013) Squirrel gliders use roadside glide poles to cross a road gap. Australian Mammalogy, 35, 119-122.
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This study is summarised as evidence for the following.
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Install pole crossings for gliders/flying squirrels
A study in 2011–2012 at a site on a highway through woodland in Queensland, Australia (Taylor & Goldingay 2013) found that roadside glide poles were used by squirrel gliders Petaurus norfolcensis to cross the highway. Squirrel gliders were recorded on poles on 60 out of 310 nights monitored. Road crossings were confirmed on 16 nights of 125 when both sides were monitored. Three poles were installed across a 61-m-wide canopy gap. One pole was on each roadside. A third bridged a 35-m gap between the roadside and forest. The two poles at each side of the gap were thus 6 and 14 m from tree canopies. Poles, made from hardwood, were 30 cm diameter and 12 m high. Wooden crossbars were attached at 20 and 40 cm below the top. Squirrel gliders were monitored using a camera trap on the middle pole from 1 August 2011 to 30 June 2012 and an additional camera trap on the pole across the road from 27 February to 30 June 2012.
(Summarised by: Nick Littlewood)
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