Advancing road ecology in Africa with robust analyses and cautious inferences: a response to Jackson et al. (2017)

Gonzalez-Suarez, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5069-8900, D'Amico, M. and Mulero-Pázmány, M. (2017) Advancing road ecology in Africa with robust analyses and cautious inferences: a response to Jackson et al. (2017). Journal of Zoology, 302 (4). pp. 224-227. ISSN 1469-7998 doi: 10.1111/jzo.12484

Abstract/Summary

Jackson et al. (2017) have written an extensive commentary on our published study of ungulate behavioral responses to roads and traffic in South Africa (Mulero-Pazmany, D’Amico& Gonzalez-Suarez, 2016). We welcome the opportunity to engage in discussion regarding road ecology in Africa and how to best assess impacts and interpret findings. We all agree that understanding anthropogenic impacts, including those of roads and traffic, on wildlife and protected areas is important and that speculative inferences should be avoided. However,we find Jackson et al.’s criticism largely unsubstantiated and affected by statistical misconceptions and errors. We comment on the key points made by Jackson et al. (2017) below.

Additional Information	Response to commentary on original article 'Ungulate behavioral responses to the heterogeneous road-network of a touristic protected area in Africa', see CentAUR record http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/51611/.
Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/71183
Identification Number/DOI	10.1111/jzo.12484
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences > Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Additional Information	Response to commentary on original article 'Ungulate behavioral responses to the heterogeneous road-network of a touristic protected area in Africa', see CentAUR record http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/51611/.
Publisher	Zoological Society of London
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