Friday 22 August 2014

Freeways as fences, trapping the mountain lions of Los Angeles

FLORA AND FAUNA
Freeways as fences, trapping the mountain lions of Los Angeles
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 21, 2014 - That mountain lions have managed to survive at all in the Santa Monica Mountains of California-in the vicinity of the megacity of Los Angeles-is a testament to the resilience of wildlife, but researchers studying these large carnivorous cats now show in the Cell Press journal Current Biology that the lions are also completely isolated, cut off from other populations by the freeway. Accordi ... more


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