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Advancing Ecosystem-Based Management implementation for Coastal Resilience. A...
Roads have multiple effects on wildlife, from animal mortality, habitat and population fragmentation, to modification of animal reproductive behaviour. Monitoring roadkill is... -
La naturaleza como sujeto de derechos: el caso del Mar Menor
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... -
Spatial patterns of road kills: a case study in Southern Portugal.
Roads promote high levels of animal-vehicle collisions and have one of the most visible man-made impacts on wildlife. In Portugal, SW Europe, very few ecological studies have... -
Fine-scale determinants of vertebrate roadkills across a biodiversity hotspot...
An increasing number of wildlife-vehicle collisions occur each year worldwide, which involves extensive economic costs and constitutes one of the main anthropogenic causes of... -
Landscape connectivity estimates are affected by spatial resolution, habitat ...
Connectivity assessments and corridor delineation are key contributions to landscape management and biodiversity conservation. We examined the influence of three potentially... -
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... -
How do roads affect the ecological processes and biodiversity? – summing up a...
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... -
Overcoming the barrier effect of roads - How effective are mitigation strateg...
Roads, railways and other linear infrastructure are pervasive components of most landscapes throughout the world. Combined with the effect of vehicles, they have the potential... -
Amphibian mortality levels on Spanish country roads: descriptive and spatial ...
Road-kills are the greatest source of direct human-induced wildlife mortality, especially in amphibians. Country roads could act as the most important source of mortality when... -
Assessing large-scale wildlife responses to human infrastructure development.
Habitat loss and deterioration represent the main threats to wildlife species, and are closely linked to the expansion of roads and human settlements. Unfortunately, large-scale... -
A spatial approach for modeling amphibian road-kills: comparison of regressio...
Road networks are the main source of mortality for many species. Amphibians, which are in global decline, are the most road-killed fauna group, due to their activity patterns... -
Changes in otter Lutra lutra distribution in Central Spain in the 1964–1995 p...
The partial recovery of the otter (Lutra lutra) in central Spain is explained by immigration from surrounding areas. Being migratory movements so important for otter... -
La mortalidad de mamíferos en carreteras. Análisis de la información recopila...
Small mammals are the most affected wild mammals, although for some species barrier effect might be more harmful than casualties. The same happens to ungulates which are not... -
El efecto barrera en vertebrados. Medidas correctoras en las vías de comunica...
The authors compile a broad array of structures to mitigate the barrier effect by infrastructures on vertebrates. This book has an introductory part in which the main effects of... -
Incidencia de las carreteras en las poblaciones de lobos en Castilla y León.
In Castilla-León region 4.6% of wolf mortality is due to road casualties. They take place mainly on roads close to rubbish dumps and on those allowing high vehicle speed. More... -
Monitoring the expansion of alien species along roads with remote sensing.
Invasive species are one of the most important threats to biodiversity and ecosystems. Monitoring invasion status is necessary for the implementation of mitigation measures and... -
Utilización de pasos específicos de fauna y mortandad asociada en un canal de...
A water canal of 24 km length crosses the moorlands of Guardo (Palencia) in northern Spain. The canal serves as a barrier to some mammal movement and an annual average of 44 to... -
Inversión territorial integrada (ITI) del Mar Menor
In some regions of the world, large carnivores, such as wolves, persist in landscapes with dense networks of paved roads. However, beyond the general impacts of roads on... -
PETI Fact-finding visit to Mar Menor, Spain-23-25 February 2022
The PETI Committee decided to organise a fact-finding visit to the Mar Menor in the Murcia Region in Spain. Over the years, the PETI Committee has received a significant number... -
Forest management effects on nesting habitat selected by eurasian black vultu...
They studied two recently established colonies of Eurasian Black Vultures (Aegypius monachus). One was located in an abandoned maritime pine (Pinus pinaster) plantation formerly...