Final report. Cover title. Prepared by Lowell W. Adams, Aelred D. Geis ; Urban Wildl. Res. Cent. and U.S. Fish and Wildl. Serv. Patuxent Wildl. Res. Cent. Prepared for U.S. Federal Highway Administration Environmental Division ; P.O. 5-3-0196. Distributed by NTIS. Bibliography: p. 130-133.

This report details the use of areas adjacent to roadways by a variety of animals. It is significant in that it covers a diverse number of species in a variety of regional habitats in the United States. Amphibians (salamanders) were found adjacent to roadsides and ROW in the southeast and northwest although they appeared not to cross indicating a barrier effect. A number of small mammal species are reported to prefer ROW habitat and, in some cases, they are more common along large interstate ROW than those of smaller county roads. It is suggested that this may be due to the low number of predators in these ROW areas. Further road size and traffic volume were not critical to deer distribution, however elk were found to avoid areas adjacent to roads.