The true cost of partial fencing: Evaluating strategies to reduce reptile road mortality

ABSTRACT One of the deadliest roads in North America for species at risk fragments a marsh‐lake ecosystem. To reduce road mortality, stakeholders installed >5 km of exclusion fencing along a southwestern Ontario, Canada, causeway in 2008–2009. Between 2012 and 2014, 7 culverts were installed to provide safe crossings. We evaluated the success of these mitigation strategies by 1) comparing results of road surveys conducted 5 years before and …