A review of ecological factors promoting road use by mammals

JE Hill, TL DeVault, JL Belant - Mammal Review, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Roads have numerous negative impacts for mammals, but may also serve as attractants due
to altered vegetation or provisioning of resources. We reviewed the use of roads and their …

Arctic roads and railways: social and environmental consequences of transport infrastructure in the circumpolar North

O Povoroznyuk, WF Vincent, P Schweitzer… - Arctic …, 2022 - cdnsciencepub.com
Land-based transport corridors and related infrastructure are increasingly extending into
and across the Arctic in support of resource development and population growth, causing …

Application of InVEST habitat quality module in spatially vulnerability assessment of natural habitats (case study: Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran)

S Nematollahi, S Fakheran, F Kienast… - Environmental Monitoring …, 2020 - Springer
There has been a growing pressure of human activities, especially road network, on natural
habitats of the world, which has led to habitat degradation and loss of ecosystem services …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of cumulated outdoor activity on wildlife habitat use

A Corradini, M Randles, L Pedrotti, E van Loon… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Humans profoundly affect animal distributions by directly competing for space, not only
transforming, but actively using their habitat. Anthropogenic disturbance is usually measured …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change influences the risk of physically harmful human-wildlife interactions

A Newsom, Z Sebesvari, I Dorresteijn - Biological Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
Interactions with wildlife can pose substantial physical risk to humans, as well as damage
efforts to protect the species involved. News reports of increasing dangerous interactions …

Population trends of striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) in Israel for the past five decades

E Hadad, JZ Kosicki, R Yosef - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) is considered “Near Threatened” globally and
“Vulnerable” in the Middle East. In Israel, the species has experienced extreme population …

Spatial and temporal factors influencing wildlife use of overpass crossing structures and landscape siphons along a major canal

KM Hamilton, T Bommarito, JS Lewis - Biological Conservation, 2024 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic linear infrastructures can reduce landscape connectivity for wildlife, and
crossing structures are a mitigation strategy to facilitate animal movement across potential …

Wildlife roadkill in the Tsavo Ecosystem, Kenya: identifying hotspots, potential drivers, and affected species

F Lala, PI Chiyo, E Kanga, P Omondi, S Ngene… - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
Roadkill is one of the highest causes of wildlife mortality and is of global conservation
concern. Most roadkill studies have focused on wildlife in developed countries such as the …

Quantifying landscape degradation following construction of a highway using landscape metrics in southern Iran

A Mohammadi, F Fatemizadeh - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Rapid expansion of roads is among the strongest drivers of the loss and degradation of
natural habitats. The goal of the present study is to quantify landscape fragmentation and …

Spatial modeling of road collisions of striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) in Israel

E Hadad, JZ Kosicki, R Yosef - Ecological Research, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The striped hyena is an enigmatic species that is little studied. It is mainly found in semiarid
and arid regions and is described as elusive, cryptic, nocturnal, and solitary. The global …