It is projected that 25 million km of new paved roads will be developed globally by 2050—
enough to encircle the planet more than 600 times. Roughly 90% of new roads will be built …

▪ Abstract A huge road network with vehicles ramifies across the land, representing a
surprising frontier of ecology. Species-rich roadsides are conduits for few species. Roadkills …

Roads fragment landscapes and trigger human colonization and degradation of
ecosystems, to the detriment of biodiversity and ecosystem functions. The planet's remaining …

Biodiversity is being lost at an increased rate as a result of human activities. One of the
major threats to biodiversity is infrastructural development. We used meta-analyses to study …

Humans have spread an enormous net over the land. As the largest human artifact on earth,
this vast, nearly five million mile (8 million km) road network used by a quarter billion …

Transportation infrastructure affects the structure of ecosystems, the dynamics of ecosystem
function, and has direct effects on ecosystem components, including their species …

While most efforts at biodiversity conservation have focused primarily on protected areas
and reserves, the unprotected lands surrounding those area—the" matrix"—are equally …

Context More than a century of forest and fire management of Inland Pacific landscapes has
transformed their successional and disturbance dynamics. Regional connectivity of many …

This survey of the literature on the ecological effects of roads and traffic revealed many
articles published over many years in peer reviewed journals. There has also been a …

Ecological flows and biological diversity trace broad patterns across the landscape, whereas
transportation planning for human mobility traditionally focuses on a narrow strip close to a …