Abstract Biodiversity in Latin America is at risk today due to habitat loss, land conversion to
agriculture and urbanization. To grow their economies the develo** countries of Latin …

Aim Roads are a major threat for wildlife, degrading habitat and causing mortality via wildlife–
vehicle collisions. In Latin America, the conjunction of high biodiversity and a rapidly …

Context Brazil has one of the richest biodiversity and one of the most extensive road
networks in the world. Several negative impacts emerge from this interaction, including …

Roadkill estimates for different species and species groups are available for many countries
and regions. However, there is a lack of information from tropical countries, including from …

Road infrastructures and collisions with vehicles negatively affect many animal populations
globally. However, data on road kills of non‐human primates are very limited, not only due to …

Abstract The Atlantic Forest of South America hosts one of the world's most diverse and
threatened tropical forest biota. After five centuries of European human expansion, most …

One of the most evident and direct effects of roads on wildlife is the death of animals by
vehicle collision. Understanding the spatial patterns behind roadkill helps to plan mitigation …

Understanding road-kill patterns is the first step to assess the potential effects of road
mortality on wildlife populations, as well as to define the need for mitigation and support its …

Millions of animals are killed on roads annually due to collisions with vehicles, particularly
medium–large mammals. Studies on mammal road-kill flourished in Brazil in the last decade …

Mammalian carnivores are often vulnerable to the conversion of natural habitat. Although
some species might be frequent in anthropogenic areas, it is not entirely clear how they use …