Wildlife actively use underpasses on Delhi-Doon economic corridor: Study

As per the recently published study by Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India, 150 camera traps (CTs) were systematically deployed along underpasses within a 3.5-km stretch — from Mohand village to Ganeshpur in Uttarakhand — and each unit was installed in a manner to ensure detection of a broad spectrum of terrestrial fauna, ranging from small to…

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• As per the recently published study by Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India, 150 camera traps (CTs) were systematically deployed along underpasses within a 3.5-km stretch — from Mohand village…
• As per the recently published study by Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India, 150 camera traps (CTs) were systematically
• deployed along underpasses within a 3.5-km stretch — from Mohand village to Ganeshpur in Uttarakhand — and each unit was installed
• in a manner to ensure detection of a broad spectrum of terrestrial fauna, ranging from small to large-bodied species. As per the

Background

What led here, in plain terms:

• in a manner to ensure detection of a broad spectrum of terrestrial fauna, ranging from small to large-bodied species. As per the
• recently published study by Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India, 150 camera traps (CTs) were systematically deployed along
• underpasses within a 3.5-km stretch — from Mohand village to Ganeshpur in Uttarakhand — and each unit was installed in a manner to
• ensure detection of a broad spectrum of terrestrial fauna, ranging from small to large-bodied species.

Why it matters

Why readers and decision-makers should care:

• in a manner to ensure detection of a broad spectrum of terrestrial fauna, ranging from small to large-bodied species. As per the
• recently published study by Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India, 150 camera traps (CTs) were systematically deployed along
• underpasses within a 3.5-km stretch — from Mohand village to Ganeshpur in Uttarakhand — and each unit was installed in a manner to