Demographic effects of road mortality on mammalian populations: a systematic review

LJ Moore, SO Petrovan, AJ Bates, HL Hicks… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In light of rapidly expanding road networks worldwide, there is increasing global awareness
of the growing amount of mammalian roadkill. However, the ways in which road mortality …

Habitat loss, the dynamics of biodiversity, and a perspective on conservation

I Hanski - Ambio, 2011 - Springer
Habitat loss has been, and still is, the greatest threat to biodiversity (Brooks et al. 2002;
Hanski 2005; Groom et al. 2006). According to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment …

Where and how are roads endangering mammals in Southeast Asia's forests?

GR Clements, AJ Lynam, D Gaveau, WL Yap, S Lhota… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Habitat destruction and overhunting are two major drivers of mammal population declines
and extinctions in tropical forests. The construction of roads can be a catalyst for these two …

Dynamic, spatial models of parasite transmission in wildlife: Their structure, applications and remaining challenges

LA White, JD Forester, ME Craft - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Individual differences in contact rate can arise from host, group and landscape
heterogeneity and can result in different patterns of spatial spread for diseases in wildlife …

[PDF][PDF] How landscape patterns influence road-kill of three species of mammals in the Brazilian Savanna

SR de Freitas, AN de Oliveira, G Ciocheti… - Oecologia …, 2014 - researchgate.net
Roads are one of the main threats to mammal species conservation. Identifying relationships
between landscape and road-kill patterns is necessary to build predictive models and to …

The Distinctive Biology and Characteristics of the Bare-Nosed Wombat (Vombatus ursinus)

S Carver, GL Stannard, AM Martin - Annual Review of Animal …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The bare-nosed wombat is an iconic Australian fauna with remarkable biological
characteristics and mythology. This solitary, muscular, fossorial, herbivorous marsupial from …

The effect of traffic intensity and animal activity on probability of ungulate-vehicle collisions in the Czech Republic

T Kušta, Z Keken, M Ježek, M Holá, P Šmíd - Safety Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Traffic infrastructure and its traffic flows has rapidly developed in recent decades. This
development brings benefits to society, but on the other hand has many negative impacts on …

The socio-economic and cultural impacts of the Pan Borneo Highway on Indigenous and local communities in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

NK Abram, HY Lim, CKC Ng, S Yorath, MHM Razi… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Road and highway development can provide multiple benefits to society, but without careful
planning, this development can result in negative social and environmental impacts. The …

Optimal planning for mitigating the impacts of roads on wildlife

T Polak, JR Rhodes, D Jones… - Journal of applied …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Roads have a significant impact on wildlife world‐wide. Two of the ways to mitigate the
impact of roads are to improve connectivity and reduce mortality through fences and wildlife …

Inclusion of road ecology criteria within environmental Impact assessment

P Dvořáková, Z Keken, L Wimmerová… - … Research Part D …, 2024 - Elsevier
Transport infrastructure construction and its future expansion is a worldwide phenomenon.
Within road ecology, scientific attention has focused on effectiveness of mitigation measures …