Arctic roads and railways: social and environmental consequences of transport infrastructure in the circumpolar North

O Povoroznyuk, WF Vincent, P Schweitzer… - Arctic …, 2022 - cdnsciencepub.com
Land-based transport corridors and related infrastructure are increasingly extending into
and across the Arctic in support of resource development and population growth, causing …

More than mortality: Consequences of human activity on migrating birds extend beyond direct mortality

CE Nemes, SA Cabrera-Cruz… - Ornithological …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Birds must contend with an array of anthropogenic threats during their migratory journeys.
Many migrants are killed due to encounters with artificial light, introduced species …

La vegetación de las montañas de Córdoba (Argentina) a comienzos del siglo XXI: un mapa base para el ordenamiento territorial

AM Cingolani, MA Giorgis, LE Hoyos… - Boletín de la Sociedad …, 2022 - SciELO Argentina
Resultados: En el mapa final identificamos: bosques nativos, bosques exóticos, matorrales
nativos, pajonales, céspedes, pastizales con roca y/o suelo desnudo y roquedales. Estas …

A novel approach for environmental impact assessment of road construction projects in India

A Chaudhary, A Akhtar - Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2024 - Elsevier
The road sector is one of the basic pillars for national economic growth owing to its role in
movement of goods and people and can contribute positively towards several sustainable …

How many mammals are killed on Brazilian roads? Assessing impacts and conservation implications

FAS Pinto, DW Cirino, RC Cerqueira, C Rosa… - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
Millions of animals are killed on roads annually due to collisions with vehicles, particularly
medium–large mammals. Studies on mammal road-kill flourished in Brazil in the last decade …

[HTML][HTML] Abundance of jaguars and occupancy of medium-and large-sized vertebrates in a transboundary conservation landscape in the northwestern Amazon

JL Mena, H Yagui, V Tejeda, J Cabrera… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Large-scale transboundary conservation initiatives are necessary to respond to threats
against tropical forests, and the jaguar (Panthera onca), a flagship and umbrella species in …

[HTML][HTML] Research and conservation priorities to protect wildlife from collisions with vehicles

P Medrano-Vizcaíno, C Grilo… - Biological Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
The rapidly expanding global road network poses threats to wildlife, including direct
mortality. Given limited knowledge and resources, strategic allocation is critical. We …

[HTML][HTML] The road towards wildlife friendlier infrastructure: Mitigation planning through landscape-level priority settings and species connectivity frameworks

EAD Paemelaere, A Mejía, S Quintero, M Hallett… - Environmental Impact …, 2023 - Elsevier
The current global road network expansion scenario poses a conflict of interest between
Sustainable Development Goals of human well-being and biosphere, which could be …

First national assessment of wildlife mortality in Ecuador: An effort from citizens and academia to collect roadkill data at country scale

P Medrano‐Vizcaíno, D Brito‐Zapata… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ecuador has both high richness and high endemism, which are increasingly threatened by
anthropic pressures, including roads. Research evaluating the effects of roads remains …

[PDF][PDF] Do the roadkills of different mammal species respond the same way to habitat and matrix?

DW Cirino, A Lupinetti-Cunha… - Nature …, 2022 - natureconservation.pensoft.net
While road network expansion connects human settlements between themselves, it also
leads to deforestation and land use changes, reducing the connectivity between natural …