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Hotspot maps of roadkills: how important is the sampling frequency?
In order to minimize the negative impacts of roads on wildlife mortality and fragmentation, ecologists and road managers have been working together on assessing spatial patterns... -
Road-kill hot spots can change over the time, variables explaining them do not.
Road-kill studies are often carried out in a limited timescale. The assumption that their results (hot-spots and variables determining them) are maintained over time is then... -
El impacto de las carreteras en las poblaciones de anfibios.
López García, C. El impacto de las carreteras en las poblaciones de anfibios. Quercus. [s.l.]: [s.n.]. 2001, Vol. 183, pags. 14-18. Palabras clave: Anfibios, Barrera,... -
Efectos del cambio climático sobre las interacciones entre las infraestructur...
Sánchez-Colomer, M.R.G. Efectos del cambio climático sobre las interacciones entre las infraestructuras lineales de transporte y la biodiversidad. Environmental Impact... -
Expansion of alien invasive plants along the roadside: a remote sensing appro...
Invasions by alien species are among the most important threats to biodiversity, ecosystems and human well-being. The extent of their negative impacts demands a considerable... -
How to deal with traffic noise for mitigation? Insights from the use of stand...
Iglesias Merchán, C., Malo, J.E. y Mata, C. How to deal with traffic noise for mitigation? Insights from the use of standard methods around wildlife crossings. 2012 IENE... -
Estudio de las causas de las variaciones de animales de caza mayor en el ento...
Morales, J.J. y Pedraza, E. Estudio de las causas de las variaciones de animales de caza mayor en el entorno del cauce medio del río Carrión, Palencia. Valladolid: [s.n.]. 1998.... -
Humans and traffic influence European wildcat behaviour in pastoral landscapes.
Ruiz-Villar, H., Morales-González, A., López-Bao, J.V. y Palomares, F. Humans and traffic influence European wildcat behaviour in pastoral landscapes. Life Safe-Crossing... -
Temporal pattern of wild ungulate-related traffic accidents in northwest Spain.
Wildlife-related accidents are a serious problem in different countries and describing their temporal pattern allows for the development of measures to mitigate them. We... -
Factors affecting bird communities in fragments of secondary pine forests in ...
We assessed the influence of size, extent of isolation and vegetation structure of secondary forest fragments on the richness and species composition of breeding bird... -
El efecto barrera en vertebrados. Medidas correctoras en las vías de comunica...
The authors compile a broad array of structures to mitigate the barrier effect by infrastructures on vertebrates. This book has an introductory part in which the main effects of... -
General versus specific surveys: estimating the suitability of different road...
The use of wildlife road‐crossing structures (WCS hereafter) is less monitored for small mammals than for more emblematic species. Furthermore, because of the undeniable... -
Patterns of carnivore road casualties in southern Portugal.
We examined spatial patterns of carnivore casualties by counting the number of animals killed on 574 km of national roads and highways in southern Portugal. We surveyed six... -
On the identification of high mortality rate hotspots.
One of the main tasks in road ecology is to identify hotspots of high mortality so that one can devise and implement mitigation measures. A common strategy to identify hotspots... -
The role of remote sensing data in habitat suitability and connectivity model...
Ecological modeling requires sufficient spatial resolution and a careful selection of environmental variables to achieve good predictive performance. Although national and... -
Revisión de las medidas correctoras de impactos de las vías de transporte sob...
La fragmentación de hábitats ya se considera la principal causa de pérdida de diversidad biológica en Europa y la problemática se intensifica en las regiones más densamente... -
Rates and causes of mortality in a fragmented population of Iberian lynx Feli...
In this work 29 Iberian lynx deaths are reported, 21% of which were caused by vehicles in a road bordering the western side of the Doñana National Park. This high mortality rate... -
Are protected areas truly protected? The impact of road traffic on vertebrate...
The extension of road networks is considered one of the major factors affecting fauna survival. Roadkill has been documented widely and affects all taxonomic groups. Although... -
Why do we need crossing structures? An agent based modeling approach.
Road-kill and barrier effect are amongst the most important negative effects of roads. Mammalian carnivores may be particularly vulnerable to these effects given their typical... -
Utilització dels nous hábitats associats a l’obertura de l’eix de Vallvidrera...
This article is the result of a study carried out in Vallvidrera motorway between 1990-1993. The authors analyse the use that birds are doing of the new habitats associated to...