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Flight doesn’t solve everything. Mitigation of road impacts on birds.
Roads and traffic are typically more of a threat to the conservation of birds rather than a safety issue for motorists. Some bird species have biological features and life... -
Factors influencing predator roadkills: the availability of prey in road verges.
Road mortality is the most noticeable effect of roads on wildlife. Road verges may provide important refuges for small mammals and rabbits, particularly when roads cross... -
Roadkill mortality decreases after road inauguration.
The main factors affecting specific road casualty rates are related to life-history traits, road features, and landscape variables. After road inauguration, roadkill rate and... -
Informe provisional del seguimiento de la mortalidad de vertebrados en las...
Examina las frecuencias de atropello de vertebrados en la provincia de Barcelona (NE España): mamíferos (50%), aves (27%), reptiles (12%) y anfibios (8%). Los mamíferos... -
Landscape structure and asymmetrical inter-patch connectivity in a...
Among the factors threatening the Iberian lynx, (Lynx pardinus) (the most endangered species of all the Felidae), loss and fragmentation of its habitats are probably the most... -
Validation data is needed to support modelling in road ecology.
Roads and other linear transportation infrastructures are among the most ubiquitous human-made features on the globe, causing several pernicious negative effects on biodiversity... -
Identificación de áreas a desfragmentar para reducir los impactos de las...
Identificación de áreas a desfragmentar para reducir los impactos de las infraestructuras lineales de transporte en la biodiversidad. Palabras clave: Fragmentación, Hábitat -
Evaluating factors affecting amphibian mortality on roads: the case of the...
Evaluating factors affecting amphibian mortality on roads: the case of the Common Toad, Bufo bufo, near a breeding place.—The Common Toad Bufo bufo is the amphibian with the... -
Prescripciones técnicas para el seguimiento y evaluación de la efectividad...
Prescripciones técnicas para el seguimiento y evaluación de la efectividad de las medidas correctoras del efecto barrera de las infraestructuras de transporte. -
Height of the road embankment affects probability of traffic collision by birds.
Height of the road embankment affects probability of traffic collision by birds. Palabras clave: Bird, Collision, Embankment, Mortality -
Seasonal and interannual occupation of a forest archipelago by insectivorous...
Seasonal and interannual occupation of a forest archipelago by insectivorous passerines. Palabras clave: Bird, Forest, Fragmentation, Vertebrate -
Los pasos canadienses: trampas mortales para los anfibios.
Los pasos canadienses: trampas mortales para los anfibios. Palabras clave: Anfibios, Mortalidad -
Influencia de la fragmentación forestal sobre las comunidades de carnívoros...
Influencia de la fragmentación forestal sobre las comunidades de carnívoros de la Meseta. Palabras clave: Comunidad, Bosque, Fragmentación, Mamíferos -
Analysis and management of current road traffic noise.
Road traffic noise is one of the major environmental pollutants in cities around the world that continues to increase over the years despite the implementation of regulatory... -
Patterns of carnivore road casualties in Southern Portugal.
We examined spatial patterns of carnivore casualties by counting the number of animals killed on 574 km of national roads and highways in southern Portugal. We surveyed six... -
Herpetofauna and roads: a review.
Roads and traffic are tightly related to some of the mains threats for biodiversity. Road network affects wildlife populations due to, among other effects, partial occupation... -
Atropellos de animales en carreteras del sureste de la Comunidad de Madrid.
Mortalidad de vertebrados en carreteras del SE de la provincia de Madrid. Las carreteras visitadas atravesaban zonas rurales e industriales. Las frecuencias de las distintas... -
Expansion of alien invasive plants along the roadside: a remote sensing approach.
Invasions by alien species are among the most important threats to biodiversity, ecosystems and human well-being. The extent of their negative impacts demands a considerable... -
Breeding bird communities in pine plantations of the Spanish plateaux:...
Breeding bird communities in pine plantations of the Spanish plateaux: biogeography, landscape and vegetation effects. Palabras clave: Bird, Community, Coniferous woodland, Forest -
Assessing road effects on bats. The role of landscape, road features and bat...
Recent studies suggest that the damage caused by roads on bats may significantly affect bat populations. However, despite bats being one of the most threatened groups of...