COVID-19 and transport safety

E Marshall, M Shirazi, JN Ivan - Transport Reviews, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Transportation safety has substantially been impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic. To
contain the spread of the virus, governments around the world released guidelines (eg stay …

Ecological and Evolutionary Insights About Emerging Infectious Diseases from the COVID-19 Pandemic

AM Kilpatrick - Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic challenged the workings of human
society, but in doing so, it advanced our understanding of the ecology and evolution of …

Wildlife roadkill and COVID‐19: A biologically significant, but heterogeneous, reduction

B Pokorny, J Cerri, E Bužan - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Collisions with vehicles are a major cause of wildlife mortality. During the COVID‐19
pandemic, many countries enforced lockdowns that reduced vehicular traffic and …

Lockdown's Silver Lining? Different Levels of Roadkill during the COVID-19 Times in Lithuania

L Balčiauskas, J Stratford, A Kučas, L Balčiauskienė - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The impact of COVID-19-related human and vehicular mobility restrictions
on the number of roadkills of wild mammals, and roe deer in particular, was assessed in …

Mammal Roadkills in Lithuanian Urban Areas: A 15-Year Study

L Balčiauskas, A Kučas, L Balčiauskienė - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary We examined traffic accidents involving wildlife and domestic animals in
Lithuanian urban areas from 2007 to 2022. We analyzed the proportions of wild and …

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on wildlife–aircraft collisions at US airports

L Altringer, SC McKee, JD Kougher, MJ Begier… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Exploiting unprecedented reductions in aircraft movements caused by the COVID-19
pandemic, we investigated the relationship between air traffic volume and the frequency of …

Anthropause opportunities: experimental perturbation of road traffic and the potential effects on wildlife

SE Perkins, F Shilling, W Collinson - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic severely reduced many human activities. So pronounced was
the change, it has given rise to the term “anthropause”: the considerable alteration of …

Detection of dengue virus 2 with single infected mosquito resolution using yeast affinity bionanofragments and plasmonic sers nanoboxes

F Farokhinejad, J Li, LE Hugo, CB Howard… - Analytical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Dengue disease is an emerging global threat triggered by dengue virus (DENV)
transmission, primarily by the mosquito Aedes aegypti. The accurate surveillance and …

[HTML][HTML] A descriptive analysis of Deer-vehicle collisions along Missouri interstate highways

S Acharya, M Morgan, S Xu, MH Palmer - Trees, Forests and People, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract A total of 3,639 deer-vehicle collisions (DVCs) were reported on Missouri roadways
in 2020, resulting in 348 injuries and 5 deaths. Of these accidents, 490 (13.5%) occurred …

[HTML][HTML] Where do wildlife cross the road? Experimental evaluation reveals fauna preferences for multiple types of crossing structures

G Young, R King, BL Allen - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
Crossing structures are frequently installed worldwide to ameliorate the impacts of road and
rail infrastructure on wildlife populations, yet their effectiveness is often uncertain. We …