Spatial wildlife-vehicle collision models: A review of current work and its application to transportation mitigation projects

KE Gunson, G Mountrakis, LJ Quackenbush - Journal of environmental …, 2011 - Elsevier
In addition to posing a serious risk to motorist safety, vehicle collisions with wildlife are a
significant threat for many species. Previous spatial modeling has concluded that wildlife …

Roads and wildlife: impacts, mitigation and implications for wildlife management in Australia

BD Taylor, RL Goldingay - Wildlife Research, 2010 - CSIRO Publishing
Roads can disrupt the population processes of vertebrate wildlife species through habitat
fragmentation and vehicle collision. The aims of this review were to synthesise the recent …

Vertebrate road-kill patterns in Mediterranean habitats: who, when and where

M D'Amico, J Román, L De los Reyes, E Revilla - Biological Conservation, 2015 - Elsevier
Road-kill is the most recognized impact of traffic and an important threat for biodiversity.
Nevertheless, most research on this topic deals with particular species or with road features …

Effects of habitat and landscape fragmentation on humans and biodiversity in densely populated landscapes

M Di Giulio, R Holderegger, S Tobias - Journal of environmental …, 2009 - Elsevier
Landscape fragmentation has often been seen as an only ecological problem. However,
fragmentation also has a societal perspective, namely, in how humans perceive landscape …

Roadless and low-traffic areas as conservation targets in Europe

N Selva, S Kreft, V Kati, M Schluck, BG Jonsson… - Environmental …, 2011 - Springer
With increasing road encroachment, habitat fragmentation by transport infrastructures has
been a serious threat for European biodiversity. Areas with no roads or little traffic (“roadless …

A reprieve from US wildlife mortality on roads during the COVID-19 pandemic

F Shilling, T Nguyen, M Saleh, MK Kyaw, K Tapia… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
High traffic volume is one of the main contributors to wildlife-vehicle collision (WVC) and
wildlife mortality on roads. Government shelter-in-place (SIP) orders have been used to help …

A spatial ecological assessment of fragmentation and disturbance effects of the Swedish road network

M Karlson, U Mörtberg - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2015 - Elsevier
Transportation infrastructure has a wide range of effects on ecological processes, which
result in both positive and negative impacts for biodiversity. However, the treatment of …

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 …

[PDF][PDF] Citizen science and smartphones take roadkill monitoring to the next level

D Vercayie, M Herremans - Nature Conservation, 2015 - natureconservation.pensoft.net
Road networks, even in industrialized countries, become denser year after year and traffic
volumes continue to increase at a steady pace. It is imperative that we monitor the impact of …