Roads exert various effects of conservation concern. They cause road mortality of wildlife,
change the behaviour of animals and lead to habitat fragmentation. Roads also have …

Transportation infrastructures such as roads, railroads and canals can have major
environmental impacts. Ecological road effects include the destruction and fragmentation of …

Roads fragment landscapes and trigger human colonization and degradation of
ecosystems, to the detriment of biodiversity and ecosystem functions. The planet's remaining …

Population ecology has matured to a sophisticated science with astonishing potential for
contributing solutions to wildlife conservation and management challenges. And yet, much …

Roads present formidable barriers to dispersal. We examine movements of two highly
mobile carnivores across the Ventura Freeway near Los Angeles, one of the busiest …

The rapid expansion of road networks has reduced connectivity among populations of flora
and fauna. The resulting isolation is assumed to increase population extinction rates, in part …

Roads and traffic affect animal populations detrimentally in four ways: they decrease habitat
amount and quality, enhance mortality due to collisions with vehicles, prevent access to …

Roads can act as barriers to animal movement through mortality during crossing attempts or
behavioral avoidance. This barrier effect has negative demographic and genetic …

The last 20 years have seen a dramatic increase in efforts to mitigate the negative effects of
roads and traffic on wildlife, including fencing to prevent wildlife-vehicle collisions and …

In spite of their relatively small size as a group of insects, dung beetles have attracted an
inordinate amount of scientific interest over the years, starting with the work of the French …