-
Nightjars, rabbits, and foxes interact on unpaved roads: spatial use of a...
Linear developments, such as roads and firebreaks, can increase encounter rates between predator and prey, which could affect predator–prey interactions and community dynamics.... -
La repercusión del tráfico en carreteras sobre las rapaces.
Las rapaces diurnas utilizan las carreteras para alimentarse de los restos de animals atropellados, mientras que las rapaces nocturnas utilizan principalmente para alimentarse... -
Landscape fragmentation caused by the transport network in Navarra (Spain)....
Landscape fragmentation caused by the transport network in Navarra (Spain). Two-scale analysis and landscape integration assessment. Palabras clave: Environmental impact... -
Efectos de la fragmentación forestal sobre la fauna de vertebrados: revisión...
Efectos de la fragmentación forestal sobre la fauna de vertebrados: revisión y antecedentes de su estudio en España. Objetivos del estudio. Palabras clave: Fauna, Bosque,... -
Living on the verge: are roads a more suitable refuge for small mammals than...
The retention of natural habitat corridors is a useful and practical conservation tool that can attenuate the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on wildlife. Linear... -
Mortalidad del jabalí (Sus scrofa) en carreteras de la provincia de...
El jabalí (Sus scrofa), es el ungulado silvestre de mayor incidencia en las carreteras de la provincia de Salamanca, soportando el 33,5% del total de atropellos sobre mamíferos... -
Roads as overlooked drivers of change in bird communities.
Road networks are expanding globally, promoting numerous impacts on biodiversity, resulting in important changes in species occurrence patterns, but there is still a lack of... -
Utilització dels nous hábitats associats a l’obertura de l’eix de...
Aquest article és el resultat d'un estudi realitzat a l'autovia de Vallvidrera entre 1990-1993. Els autors analitzen l'ús que fan els ocells dels nous hàbitats associats a la... -
An analytical and simulation framework to study the impacts of roads on the...
Background/Question/Methods Roads can have major impacts on wildlife populations. They fragment the landscape, thus reducing the dispersal ability and gene flow of species, and... -
Influence of new irrigated croplands on wild boar (Sus scrofa) road kills in...
Influence of new irrigated crops on vehicle collisions with wild boar (Sus scrofa) in northwestern Spain. Wild boar populations have increased in number and distribution in... -
Potential hotspots of amphibian roadkill risk in Spain.
We test a forecasting strategy to identify potential hotspots of amphibian roadkill, combining the spatial distribution of amphibians, their relative risk of collision with... -
Traffic noise pollution does not influence habitat selection in the...
Traffic noise is an associated effect of roads, potentially impacting wildlife. In the case of birds, it may alter spatial distribution, behavioural responses and physiological... -
Distributional patterns of endemic, native and alien species along a...
Invasion by alien plant species may be rapid and aggressive, causing erosion of local biodiversity. This is particularly true for islands, where natural and anthropogenic... -
How long do the dead survive on the road? Carcass persistence probability...
Road mortality is probably the best-known and visible impact of roads upon wildlife. Although several factors influence road-kill counts, carcass persistence time is considered... -
Are animal-vehicle collisions a random event? – Analysis of the spatial...
Ungulate-vehicle collisions (UVC) in Sweden, Catalonia (NE Spain), the Czech republic as well as in many other European countries are an increasing traffic safety issue, causing... -
Natura 2000 sites, public forests and riparian corridors: the connectivity...
The connectivity of protected areas, such as the Natura 2000 network, is crucial for maintaining healthy ecosystems and for the delivery of ecosystem services into the wider... -
Los efectos de las carreteras sobre los vertebrados terrestres.
Los efectos de las carreteras sobre los vertebrados terrestres. Palabras clave: Vertebrados -
How do roads affect the ecological processes and biodiversity? – summing up...
Roads affects ecological processes at a range of spatial scales, and studies document both negative and positive effects on natural capital and ecological processes. Still there... -
Lack of maintenance of motorway fences works against their intended purpose...
Linear infrastructure intrusions into natural ecosystems, such as motorways and high-speed railways, causes direct loss of habitat but also impacts fauna through collisions.... -
Efectos del cambio climático sobre las interacciones entre las...
Efectos del cambio climático sobre las interacciones entre las infraestructuras lineales de transporte y la biodiversidad.