Due to a lack of awareness of environmental protection at the beginning of tunnel
excavation and the unique ecological vulnerability of karst areas, tunnel excavation is …

The significant portion of global terrestrial biodiversity harboured in the mountains is under
increasing threat from various anthropogenic impacts. Protecting fragile mountain …

Background Linear transportation infrastructures (roads, railways, oil and gas pipelines,
powerlines and waterways) generate well documented fragmenting effects on species …

The initial disruption caused by road construction, combined with ongoing vehicular traffic
and regular road maintenance, can repeatedly disturb the environment in ways that favor …

Road and railway networks are pervasive elements of all environments, which have
expanded intensively over the last century in all European countries. These transportation …

Railway areas are considered as large greenspaces and are recognized important in
improving the biodiversity and dynamic of urban flora. In this study, we examined the flora …

Sažetak The main aims of our study were (1) to determine the flora in railway areas with
special emphasis on the presence of neophytes;(2) to describe the features of the flora …

Railway networks contribute to the direct mortality of wildlife through collisions with trains,
which can threaten vulnerable wildlife populations even in protected areas, including grizzly …

Abstract [eng] Alien plants are one of the most dynamic and rapidly changing components of
flora. Many intentionally introduced plants, which formerly were in cultivation only, now are …

Background: Alien plant invasions are among the major threats to natural and semi-natural
ecosystems in South Africa on approximately 18 million hectares of land. Much of the …