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Science and the legal rights of nature
Laws that establish legal rights for nature are being pursued in a growing number of countries to protect the environment. The success or failure of these rights-of-nature laws... -
Impact of culvert flooding on carnivore crossings.
Along many roads worldwide, drainage culverts are the only structures wildlife can safely use to cross. However, culverts inundate and can become unavailable to terrestrial... -
The lost road: do transportation networks imperil wildlife population persist...
The global road network is rapidly growing associated with human economic development. This growth also entails a high toll for biodiversity, with several well-documented... -
Changes in macrophytes distribution in a hypersaline coastal lagoon associate...
In the Mar Menor lagoon (SE Spain) recent changes in the nearby agricultural practices, from extensive dry crop farming to intensively irrigated crops, have increased nutrient... -
Road mortality of the little owl (Athene noctua) in Spain.
Causes of little owl road mortality were investigated, based on 418 road casualties and their relation to road characteristics and roadside cover. Road casualties are the most... -
Soil development at the roadside: a case study of a novel ecosystem.
Over the last few decades, road construction has increased dramatically, and new surfaces have appeared in most landscapes. Standard roadside reclamation practices often fail,... -
Analysis of alcohol polyethoxylates and polyethylene glycols in marine sediments
Alcohol polyethoxylates (AEOs) are the most commercially important type of nonionic surfactants, used in a wide variety of products such as household cleaning detergents,... -
Noise pollution mapping approach and accuracy on landscape scales.
Noise mapping allows the characterization of environmental variables, such as noise pollution or soundscape, depending on the task. Strategic noise mapping (as per Directive... -
Mar Menor: an iconic case of ecosystem collapse
Artículo corto de opinión que trata las causas y las consecuencias del colapso ecológico de la laguna en el año 2016, y los episodios de mortandad masiva que ocurrieron en los... -
Host-parasite relationship of Ceratomyxa puntazzi n. sp (Myxozoa: Myxosporea)...
Sparidae are economically important fishes to both, fisheries and aquaculture in the Mediterranean. Species diversification is an important strategy for the development of... -
An endangered species living in an endangered ecosystem: Population structure...
Mediterranean coastal habitats constitute a nonmarginal fraction of the overall continental habitats of the European eel. It has been suggested that the recovery of the eel... -
Descripción y primer análisis de la metodología empleada en el PMVC.
Metodología aplicada en el muestreo del Proyecto de Seguimiento de la Mortalidad de Vertebrados en Carreteras (PMVC) promovido por CODA. Palabras clave: Anfibios, Aves, Costa,... -
Importance of water availability for amphibian roadkill in a mediterranean la...
Importance of water availability for amphibian roadkill in a mediterranean landscape. -
Fotografías de la exposición 'Anoxia en el Mar Menor'
Digitum: Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Murcia: Fotografías de la exposición 'Anoxia en el Mar Menor' -
Programa de mortandad de vertebrados en las carreteras. Conclusiones provisio...
Conclusiones preliminares del inventario de atropellos de vertebrados en la región de Galicia, NO España. Las carreteras prospectadas fueron eligidas para cubrir diferentes... -
Metodología y resultados del proyecto de seguimiento de la mortalidad de vert...
Una descripción de la metodología aplicada en la prospección de la mortalidad de vertebrados en carreteras de la península Ibérica, lslas Canarias y Baleares hasta julio de... -
Behavioral responses of the European mink in the face of different threats: c...
Prey species assess the risk of threat using visual, olfactory, and acoustic cues from their habitat. Thus, they modify their behavior in order to avoid encounters with... -
Geostatistical Analysis of the Spatial Correlation between Territorial Anthro...
Climate change is making intense DANA (depresion aislada en niveles altos) type rains a more frequent phenomenon in Mediterranean basins. This trend, combined with the... -
Comparing annual vertebrate road kills over two time periods, 9 years apart: ...
We surveyed road kills occurring along a 26-km stretch of a major national road (Portugal) in two different years: 1996 and 2005. For analysis purposes, we divided the data into... -
Patterns of trace element bioaccumulation in jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Cnid...
The effects of an abandoned mining area, exploited for centuries in the mining district of Cartagena-La Union, result in a continuous supply of heavy metals into the Mar Menor...