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Wildlife crossing structures in the mitigation for transportation projects: a...
Wildlife crossing structures are used to mitigate barrier effects and to reduce mortality. Many factors affect their effectivity, including typology, location and maintenance.... -
Non-natural mortality of the lberian lynx in the fragmented population of Sie...
González Oreja, J.A. Non-natural mortality of the lberian lynx in the fragmented population of Sierra de Gata (W Spain). Miscel·lània Zoològica. [s.l.]: Museu de Zoologia. 1998,... -
Application of four wildlife studies to the design of a high speed railway in...
Gutiérrez Contreras, M., García de la Morena, E. y García González, F.J. Application of four wildlife studies to the design of a high speed railway in Spain. 2012 IENE... -
Evaluating connectivity between Natura 2000 sites within the montado agrofore...
Context The Natura 2000 network is the centerpiece of European nature conservation policy but its effectiveness is challenged by ongoing landscape change. Objective Our... -
Habitat selection, activity peaks and strategies to avoid road mortality by t...
Little owls (Athene noctua) were censused 200 times at night with the aid of a light intensifier along a 40 km road-transect which ran across habitats allowing enough... -
Environmental impact of road transport traffic. A case study for County of La...
The continuous increase of vehicle fleet along with the development of road transport networks has associated a wide range of externalities. Main types of externalities refer to... -
Disentangle the causes of the road barrier effect in small mammals through ge...
Context Corridors are usually delineated as areas of minimum cumulative resistance to movement through a resistance surface and characterized by their effective distance... -
Causas de mortalidad del petirrojo. La incidencia de los atropellos.
The causes of mortality of 503 robin (Erithacus rubecula) recovered in Spain during 10 years were investigated, being only 6% due to collision with cars. Seasonal mortality... -
Recent changes in landscape structure and function in a Mediterranean region ...
Changes in landscape patterns are analysed in two areas of southern Spain during the second half of the 20th century. There was a general trend of the human population to... -
Impactes das vias rodoviárias na fauna silvestre. Relatório final.
Apresenta-se o relatório final do projecto Avaliar o impacto da mortalidade em populações de vertebrados em estradas do Alto Alentejo, e sua relação com o uso de passagens... -
Vertebrate ticks distribution and their role as vectors in relation to road e...
Roads fragment vertebrate populations and affect the dynamics and dispersal patterns of vertebrate parasites. We evaluated how vertebrate ticks distribute near roads and road... -
Especies exóticas invasoras: diagnóstico y bases para la prevención y el manejo.
A pesar que en España se han iniciado alguna estrategias regionales o locales para la prevención y manejo de las especies invasoras, no existe hasta la fecha una estrategia... -
Effects of forest fragmentation on the distribution of the lizard Psammodromu...
This study reports the population responses of the lizard Psammodromus algirus to forest fragmentation by comparing its distribution in two contrasting situations of habitat... -
Edge effects of roads on temperature, light, canopy cover, and canopy height ...
The estimation of the road edge effect is useful to understand changes induced by the road network on ecosystems. Road networks on islands may break ecosystem integrity through... -
Maintenance of ecological asset on transport infrastructure: new chapter in t...
Long-term preservation of the functions of ecological assets in transportation infrastructure requires new multidisciplinary approaches in traditional road and railway operation... -
Mainstreaming biodiversity in transport infrastructure management thanks to s...
Biodiversity and transport sectors use data and tools for specific purposes which can often be mutualised offering opportunities for costefficient improvement of transport... -
Orientaciones para reducir los efectos de las infraestructuras de transporte ...
Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente Orientaciones para reducir los efectos de las infraestructuras de transporte en funcionamiento. Documentos para la... -
How do major roads affect barn owls? Distribution, space use, food source and...
Sousa, J., Reto, D., Filipe, J., Leitão, I., Grilo, C., Ascensão, F., Lourenço, R., Marques, A., Ferreira, D. y Santos-Reis, M. How do major roads affect barn owls?... -
Effect of weekend road traffic on the use of space by raptors.
The traffic load near large cities may show dramatic cyclical changes induced by weekend tourism, and this could induce cyclical changes in the activity patterns of wildlife. We... -
Importance of roadside habitats for biodiversity: what do we know?
In an ever-expanding world, impacts of human activity on the global environment are inevitable. The construction of roads and other linear transport infrastructure leads not...