[HTML][HTML] A review of the impacts of roads on wildlife in semi-arid regions

WRJ Dean, CL Seymour, GS Joseph, SH Foord - Diversity, 2019 - mdpi.com
Roads now penetrate even the most remote parts of much of the world, but the majority of
research on the effects of roads on biota has been in less remote temperate environments …

A global map of roadless areas and their conservation status

PL Ibisch, MT Hoffmann, S Kreft, G Pe'er, V Kati… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Roads fragment landscapes and trigger human colonization and degradation of
ecosystems, to the detriment of biodiversity and ecosystem functions. The planet's remaining …

Assessing large-scale wildlife responses to human infrastructure development

A Torres, JAG Jaeger, JC Alonso - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2016 - pnas.org
Habitat loss and deterioration represent the main threats to wildlife species, and are closely
linked to the expansion of roads and human settlements. Unfortunately, large-scale effects of …

A behavior‐based framework for assessing barrier effects to wildlife from vehicle traffic volume

SL Jacobson, LL Bliss‐Ketchum, CE de Rivera… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Roads, while central to the function of human society, create barriers to animal movement
through collisions and habitat fragmentation. Barriers to animal movement affect the …

Global exposure of carnivores to roads

A Ceia‐Hasse, L Borda‐de‐Água… - Global Ecology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Land‐use change is a major threat to biodiversity globally. Roads cause direct mortality
and limitation of individual movements, which may isolate populations and affect their …

[HTML][HTML] Population persistence in landscapes fragmented by roads: Disentangling isolation, mortality, and the effect of dispersal

A Ceia-Hasse, LM Navarro, L Borda-de-Água… - Ecological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Linear infrastructures, one of several forms of land-use, are a major driver of biodiversity
loss. Roads impact populations at many levels, with direct road mortality and barrier effect …

Road-effect mitigation promotes connectivity and reduces mortality at the population-level

SP Boyle, MG Keevil, JD Litzgus, D Tyerman… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Roads are one of the most prevalent threats to wildlife because they fragment landscapes
and increase mortality. In response to the threat of roads to population persistence, road …

Roads are no barrier for dispersing red squirrels in an urban environment

K Fey, S Hämäläinen, V Selonen - Behavioral Ecology, 2016 - academic.oup.com
In urban environments, roads are one of the major threats for moving animals. Roads can
act as barriers to movement either through mortality during crossing attempts or through …

[HTML][HTML] Landscape and population drivers of ungulate-vehicle collisions in Portugal

RT Torres, P Linck, N Pinto, G Ares-Pereira… - Applied geography, 2023 - Elsevier
Ungulate-vehicle collisions (UVC) have been steadily increasing throughout Europe, posing
a risk to human safety, representing an extra factor of animals death. Here, we used …

Wildlife mortality on roads and railways following highway mitigation

PS Gilhooly, SE Nielsen, J Whittington… - Ecosphere, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Wildlife mortality caused by collisions with vehicles on roads is increasingly and effectively
mitigated with exclusion fencing and crossing structures, but this solution potentially …