By transforming landscapes, human activity creates new types of habitats with altered
environmental characteristics that never existed before. As the process of habitat …

Dispersal is a central process in ecology and evolution. It strongly influences the dynamics
of spatially structured populations and affects evolutionary processes by shaping patterns of …

Urbanization is a global phenomenon that is increasingly challenging human society. It is
therefore crucially important to ensure that the relentless expansion of cities and towns …

The majority of the world population is now inhabiting urban areas, and with staggering
population growth, urbanization is also increasing. While the work studying the effects of …

Human welfare depends directly or indirectly on the services provided by ecosystems.
Amphibians and reptiles represent a high proportion of global species diversity and include …

Recent studies suggest that freshwater turtle populations are becoming increasingly male‐
biased. A hypothesized cause is a greater vulnerability of female turtles to road mortality. We …

Roadways pose serious threats to animal populations. The installation of roadway mitigation
measures is becoming increasingly common, yet studies that rigorously evaluate the …

One of the most important hotspots of herpetological biodiversity in the United States,
California is home to many endemic amphibians and reptiles found nowhere else on earth …

Road mortality is often spatially aggregated, and there is a need for models that accurately
and efficiently predict hot spots within a road network for mitigation. We surveyed 145 points …

The introduction of artificial light into wildlife habitats is a rapidly expanding aspect of global
change, which has many negative impacts on a wide range of taxa. In this experimental …