Climate Futures for Lizards and Snakes in Western North America May Result in New Species Management Issues

DS Pilliod, MI Jeffries, RS Arkle… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We assessed changes in fundamental climate‐niche space for lizard and snake species in
western North America under modeled climate scenarios to inform natural resource …

[HTML][HTML] An Analytical Framework of the factors affecting Wildlife–Vehicle collisions and barriers to Movement

H Su, Y Wang, Y Yang, S Tao, Y Kong - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Road mortalities caused by wildlife–vehicle collisions (WVCs) are the most obvious negative
effect of roads on wildlife. Identifying the influencing factors and summarizing the spatial …

Assessing habitat connectivity of rare species to inform urban conservation planning

EM McCluskey, FC Kuzma, HD Enander… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Urbanization is commonly associated with biodiversity loss and habitat fragmentation.
However, urban environments often have greenspaces that can support wildlife populations …

Why did the chicken not cross the road? Anthropogenic development influences the movement of a grassland bird

DW Londe, RD Elmore, CA Davis… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Movement and selection are inherently linked behaviors that form the foundation of a
species' space‐use patterns. Anthropogenic development in natural ecosystems can result …

[HTML][HTML] Individual and synergistic effects of habitat loss and roads on reptile occupancy

JE Paterson, T Pulfer, E Horrigan, S Sukumar… - Global Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Habitat loss and road mortality pose severe threats to wildlife by reducing available
resources, increasing mortality rates, and fragmenting remaining habitat into smaller …

Indirect impacts of a highway on movement behavioral states of a threatened tortoise and implications for landscape connectivity

S Harju, S Cambrin, J Berg - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Roads have often been identified as barriers to the movement of free-ranging animals.
However, whether restoration of landscape connectivity across roadways can mitigate …

Effects of landscape structure and land use on turtle communities across the eastern United States

HP Roberts, LL Willey, MT Jones, DI King… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Landscape context is integral to population ecology, affecting a range of life history
parameters, yet very little is known about how landscape structure influences many taxa. We …

Individual movement variation in upstream‐migrating sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus in a highly fragmented river

P Davies, JR Britton, AD Nunn, JR Dodd… - Freshwater …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic reductions in riverine connectivity can severely impede the migrations of
anadromous species. In fragmented rivers, successful migrations depend on the ability of …

Assessing Brazilian reptiles' road‐kill risks using trait‐based models

NDF Rahhal, FAS Pinto, P Medrano‐Vizcaíno… - Austral …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Reptiles are an understudied group in road ecology, despite evidence of their high
vulnerability to road mortality. Recently, trait‐based models have been demonstrated to be …

Wind farm and wildfire: spatial ecology of an endangered freshwater turtle in a recovering landscape

SJ Delay, O Urquhart, JD Litzgus - Canadian Journal of …, 2023 - cdnsciencepub.com
Wind energy presents many advantages, but wind farms pose risks to wildlife and habitats.
We hypothesized that habitat changes caused by the impacts of wind farm construction and …