Indiana Department of Natural Resources began a program of right-of-way (ROW) plantings for wildlife in 1976. By 1983, almost 950,000 shrubs had been planted along four-lane highways. The use of these plantings by wildlife was studied from June 1983 to January 1984. Shrub-planted study areas and grassed control areas were identified along four highways. All areas were walked four times during the study period and observed birds, mammals and roadkilled wildlife were recorded. Incidence of roadkill was not affected by the plantings. The number of rabbits was only slightly increased by the presence of shrubs. Planted areas were used by a greater number of bird species and by a much greater number of individual birds than the grassed areas. ROW plantings are an important addition to wildlife habitat.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/183154 |
| Date | January 1985 |
| Creators | Roach, Gerald L. |
| Contributors | Kirkpatrick, Ralph D. |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | iv, 53 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Source | Virtual Press |
| Coverage | n-us-in |
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