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Road Permeability Index: Evaluating the heterogeneous permeability of roads for wildlife crossing
(2019-04-01)
Roads impede ecological flows through landscapes, mainly by acting as barriers to animal movement, reducing habitat connectivity and increasing animal mortality. Road permeability is not homogeneous, and animals perceive ...
Study of the relationship between roads, relief, land use, and natural vegetation in the Ibiuna Plateau - SP, focusing on landscape ecology
(FUNDACAO BOTICARIO PROTECAO NATUREZA, 2009)
Roads facilitate access by deforestation agents, being relevant in studies approaching conservationist matters in rainforests. It is important to understand the relationship between road distribution, relief, land use, and ...
Highway widening and underpass effects on vertebrate road mortality
(2017-11-01)
Road widening (a.k.a. road dualling) and the presence of mitigation structures may have opposing effects on the number of animal-vehicle collisions. Their influence in tropical areas is poorly quantified, and we know little ...
How are native vegetation and reserves affected by different road types in a Southeastern Brazilian State?
(Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - UFRJRio de Janeiro, 2013-12)
Reducing connectivity, road networks may threaten the effectiveness of natural reserves, thus, representing acritical conservation matter. This work aims to: 1) evaluate the relationship between native vegetation cover and ...
Spatial and temporal influences of road duplication on wildlife road kill using habitat suitability models
(Universidade Federal de São CarlosBRUFSCarPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais - PPGERN, 2014-09-05)
Urban growth and population growth led to the construction of a gigantic road network around the world. This network is responsible for several impacts on fauna, flora and the environment, such as road kill, isolation of ...
Effects of roads, topography, and land use on forest cover dynamics in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
(ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2010)
Roads and topography can determine patterns of land use and distribution of forest cover, particularly in tropical regions. We evaluated how road density, land use, and topography affected forest fragmentation, deforestation ...
A model of road effect using line integrals and a test of the performance of two new road indices using the distribution of small mammals in an Atlantic Forest landscape
(ELSEVIER SCIENCE BVAMSTERDAM, 2012)
Effects of roads on wildlife and its habitat have been measured using metrics, such as the nearest road distance, road density, and effective mesh size. In this work we introduce two new indices: (1) Integral Road Effect ...
Urban landscape and street-design factors associated with road-traffic mortality in Latin America between 2010 and 2016 (SALURBAL): an ecological study
(Elsevier, 2022)
Background: Road-traffic injuries are a key cause of death and disability in low-income and middle-income countries, but the effect of city characteristics on road-traffic mortality is unknown in these countries. The aim ...
Ecohydrological disturbances associated with roads: current knowledge, research needs, and management concerns with reference to the tropics
(2018)
Roads are a pervasive form of disturbance with potential to negatively affect ecohydrological processes. Some of the fastest and most rapid growth is occurring in developing countries, particularly in the tropics, where ...
Patterns and Composition of Road-Killed Wildlife in Northwest Argentina
(Springer, 2016-11)
Roads have important effects on wildlife, such as natural habitat fragmentation and degradation and direct killing of fauna, which leads to reductions in wildlife population size. We focused on a principal road in Northwest ...