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Measures applied to mitigate habitat fragmentation in Spain.
The PanEuropean Strategy for the Conservation of Biological Diversity identifies habitat fragmentation as the main cause of biodiversity loss in Europe. The expansion of urban... -
Metodologías paramétricas para la evaluación ambiental estratégica.
Este artículo refleja lo esencial de una línea de investigación desarrollada por Barcelona Regional, los frutos de la cual son diversos índices socioecológicos en diferentes... -
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... -
Estudio específico de afecciones sobre la Red Natura 2000 de la autorización ...
Ungulate vehicle collisions (UVC) provoke serious damage, including human casualties, and a large number of measures have been developed around the world to avoid collisions. We... -
Antecedentes y problemática de la aplicación de agua marina desalinizada al r...
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... -
Patrones de distribución invernal de los micromamíferos roedores en encinares...
García, F.J., Díaz, M., de Alba, J.M., Alonso, C.L., Carbonell, R., López de Carrión, M., Monedero, C., Santos, T. y Tellería, J.L. Patrones de distribución invernal de los... -
An approach to road networks and soundscapes.
Roads and traffic are the most important source of noise in the environment. Moreover, much research effort has been aimed to identify and to quantify road impacts on animal... -
Lack of maintenance of motorway fences works against their intended purpose w...
Linear infrastructure intrusions into natural ecosystems, such as motorways and high-speed railways, causes direct loss of habitat but also impacts fauna through collisions.... -
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... -
On the identification of mortality hotspots in linear infrastructures.
One of the main tasks when dealing with the impacts of infrastructures on wildlife is to identify hotspots of high mortality so one can devise and implement mitigation measures.... -
Implications for conservation and game management of the roadkill levels of t...
The Iberian hare (Lepus granatensis) is an important small game species endemic to the Iberian Peninsula for which the incidence of roadkill is unknown. We surveyed Iberian... -
The ecological effects of linear infrastructure and traffic.
Roads, railways and utility easements are integral components of human society, allowing for the safe and efficient transport of people and goods. There are few places on earth... -
Informe de seguimiento de la directiva 91/676 - Contaminación del agua por ni...
Este informe tiene por objetivo cumplir el requisito establecido en el artículo 10 de la Directiva 91/676, de 12 de diciembre, para el cuatrienio 2012-2015, actualizando la... -
Guía para mitigar los atropellos de murciélagos.
Garin, I., Møller, J.D., Dekker, J., Christensen, M., Baagøe, H.J. y Elmeros, M. Guía para mitigar los atropellos de murciélagos. CEDR Convocatoria 2013: Carreteras y Vida... -
Effects of habitat encroachment by roads on space use and movement patterns o...
Roads are a significant cause of habitat fragmentation and a barrier to movement of several species across the world. Terrestrial species with low mobility, low abundance and... -
Wildlife crossing structures. An effective strategy to restore or maintain wi...
Context: Wildlife–vehicle collisions (WVC) are one of the major risk factors for the safety of drivers, as well as a great danger to wildlife that moves through the territory.... -
Seguimiento de la mortalidad de erizos (Erinaceus europaeus) producida por ve...
This study was aimed at monitoring hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) mortality. Study area: a 8-km road stretch in León province (NW Spain) with an average of 2,000 vehicles/day... -
Informe provisional del seguimiento de la mortalidad de vertebrados en las ca...
A fixed transect was repeated on a monthly basis in several kinds of road, showing that, overall, kills in Álava province (N Spain) involved mostly birds (49%) and mammals... -
Major roads have a negative impact on the tawny owl Strix aluco and the littl...
The increasing road networks threaten ecosystems by direct effects such as increased mortality due to collision with vehicles and by various indirect effects leading to road... -
Informe provisional del seguimiento de la mortalidad de vertebrados en las ca...
Frequencies of vertebrate road casualties in Barcelona province (NE Spain): mammals (50%), birds (27%), reptiles (12%), and amphibians (8%). Domestic mammals were the most...