Differences in mammal community response to highway construction across different levels of human land use

Worldwide, transportation agencies have been involved in road mitigation efforts to reduce road mortality and promote connectivity of endangered species. Baseline data on how mammals respond to highway construction, however, is rarely collected in road mitigation and monitoring studies, including in the United States. Our goal in this study was to assess differences in the response of the mammal community to highway construction along a gradient of human land use (HLU) from July 2019 to November 2020 in southern Texas, United States. We compared the species composition of the terrestrial mammal community at five sites along a highway before and during highway construction and assessed diel activity for seven species at different HLU levels between these two time periods. We found that mammal community composition was lower during the construction period at each HLU level. There were greater differences in the composition of the mammal community in the pre-construction and construction p..., Camera trapping; R; Primer, , # Differences in mammal community response to highway construction across different levels of human land use

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.18931zd78](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.18931zd78)

## Description of the data and file structure

This README.txt file was generated on 2023-01-10 by Thomas J. Yamashita

GENERAL INFORMATION

1\. Title of Dataset: Differences in mammal community response to highway construction across different levels of human land use

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This data is associated with the manuscript, titled Differences in mammal community response to highway construction across different levels of human land use
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2\. Author Information

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Thomas J. Yamashita

Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University - Kingsville

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Corresponding Author

Jason V. Lombardi

Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University - Kingsville

Shared first authorship

Zachary M. Wardle

Caesar Kleberg Wildlif...