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The effects of forest fragmentation on butterfly communities in central Spain.
In a mosaic landscape in Guadalajara province (central Spain) butterfly diversity was positively correlated with the area of woodland fragments and negatively correlated with... -
Local plant responses to global problems: Dactylis glomerata responses to dif...
Local plant responses to global problems: Dactylis glomerata responses to different traffic pollutants on roadsides. -
Avian trait-mediated vulnerability to road traffic collisions.
Collision with vehicles is an important source of bird mortality, but it is uncertain why some species are killed more often than others. Focusing on passerines, we tested... -
Plantacions en obres lineals viàries: recomanacions per a la seva integració ...
Plantacions en obres lineals viàries: recomanacions per a la seva integració ambiental. Palabras clave: Paisatge -
Informe provisional del seguimiento de la mortalidad de vertebrados en las ca...
Collection of data on vertebrate mortality on roads of Cantabria (N Spain). Proportion of deaths among taxa: mammals (50%), birds (38%), reptiles (9%), and amphibians (3%). Most... -
Assessing the risk of extinction for the brown bear (Ursus arctos) in the Cor...
Mostly theoretical modelling of the survival possibilities of the Cantabrian brown bear population. -
Efecto barrera: el principio del fin de nuestros mamíferos.
Efecto barrera: el principio del fin de nuestros mamíferos. Palabras clave: Barrera, Mamíferos -
Aves y carreteras: un problema de difícil solución.
Data on bird road kills were recorded in transects of selected busy roads, along with occasional data collected in other roads. All bird groups known to be present were affected... -
El efecto barrera en vertebrados. Medidas correctoras en las vías de comunica...
The authors compile a broad array of structures to mitigate the barrier effect by infrastructures on vertebrates. This book has an introductory part in which the main effects of... -
Medidas preventivas, correctoras y compensatorias de los impactos directos e ...
En el Campo de Gibraltar confluyen factores que otorgan a la comarca una gran potencialidad de desarrollo en el ámbito autonómico, nacional, europeo e intercontinental. Sin... -
Proyecto de medidas compensatorias correspondientes a la autovía A-381 Jerez ...
In addition to the corrective measures that any linear infrastructure must include in order to mitigate the direct impact it may cause to the environment, the European Union's... -
Temporal pattern of wild ungulate-related traffic accidents in northwest Spain.
Wildlife-related accidents are a serious problem in different countries and describing their temporal pattern allows for the development of measures to mitigate them. We... -
Key connectors in protected forest area networks and the impact of highways: ...
The connectivity of protected area networks depends on key elements located in strategic positions within the landscape, which uphold the ecological fluxes and sustain the... -
Dogs are the main species involved in animal-vehicle collisions in southern S...
Animal-vehicle collisions have become a serious traffic safety issue. Collisions have steadily increased over the last few decades, as have their associated socio-economic... -
Major roads have a negative impact on the tawny owl Strix aluco and the littl...
The increasing road networks threaten ecosystems by direct effects such as increased mortality due to collision with vehicles and by various indirect effects leading to road... -
Efectos de las carreteras sobre la fauna: un enfoque ecológico.
Review of the ecological effects of roads on animals. Direct and indirect habitat loss. Generation of new habitat. Mortality. Effects on ecological processes: disruption of... -
The distribution of vertebrate roadkill varies by season, surrounding environ...
The distribution of vertebrate roadkill varies by season, surrounding environment, and animal class. -
Location of wildlife passages. How to identify the optimal solution?
During the last few decades, the construction of wildlife passages and landscape bridges designed to help fauna cross transport infrastructures has increased all over Europe. A... -
Species or group of species to predict roadkill likelihood?
Roadkill likelihood using either species or group of species does not reach to same results. Spatial, climatic, and temporal patterns are consistent within the class Reptilia.... -
Clamoring for quiet: new ways to mitigate noise.
On a typical day in an American suburb, the steady whoosh of traffic on a nearby freeway drowns out the rustling of leaves in the wind. From across the street comes the nagging...