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 …

Interspecific interactions disrupted by roads

P Quiles, R Barrientos - Biological Reviews, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Roads have pervasive impacts on wildlife, including habitat loss and fragmentation, road
mortality, habitat pollution and increased human use of habitats surrounding them. However …

Nearby night lighting, rather than sky glow, is associated with habitat selection by a top predator in human-dominated landscapes

R Barrientos, W Vickers, T Longcore… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Artificial light at night (ALAN) is increasing in extent and intensity across the globe. It has
been shown to interfere with animal sensory systems, orientation and distribution, with the …

Overlap between bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) and vessel traffic in the North American Arctic and implications for conservation and management

WD Halliday, N Le Baron, JJ Citta, J Dawson… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Collisions between vehicles and wildlife is a global conservation concern, and vessel strikes
are a leading cause of serious injury and mortality for baleen whales. Yet vessel strikes have …

Can we model distribution of population abundance from wildlife–vehicles collision data?

J Fernández‐López, JA Blanco‐Aguiar, J Vicente… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Reliable estimates of the distribution of species abundance are a key element in wildlife
studies, but such information is usually difficult to obtain for large spatial or long temporal …

Anthropogenic mortality threatens the survival of Canarian houbara bustards

JC Alonso, I Abril-Colón, A Ucero, C Palacín - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Anthropogenic mortality is a major cause of global mortality in terrestrial vertebrates.
Quantifying its impact on the dynamics of threatened species is essential to improve their …

The impacts of linear infrastructure on terrestrial vertebrate populations: A trait‐based approach

MMJ de Jonge, J Gallego‐Zamorano… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
While linear infrastructures, such as roads and power lines, are vital to human development,
they may also have negative impacts on wildlife populations up to several kilometres into the …

Large carnivore range expansion in Iberia in relation to different scenarios of permeability of human‐dominated landscapes

M Pratzer, L Nill, T Kuemmerle, D Zurell… - Diversity and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Large carnivores are currently recolonizing parts of their historical ranges in Europe
after centuries of persecution and habitat loss. Understanding the mechanisms driving these …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the impact of roadkill on the persistence of wildlife populations: A case study on the giant anteater

F Ascensão, ALJ Desbiez - Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 2022 - Elsevier
Human activity is depleting biodiversity, and road networks are directly contributing to this
trend due to roadkill. Nevertheless, few studies empirically estimated the impact of roadkill …

[HTML][HTML] Forecasting seasonal peaks in roadkill patterns for improving road management

F Ascensao, YGG Ribeiro, Z Campos, DR Yogui… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
For several species, roadkill is not spatially aggregated on hotspots, having instead a more
diffuse pattern along the roads. For such species, management measures such as road …