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Large-scale identification and prioritization of road and railways tracts whe...

Large-scale identification and prioritization of road and railways tracts where de-fragmentation measures should be applied: a country-wide project in Spain. Palabras clave:...

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Towards a unified framework for studying the impact of linear infrastructures.

Towards a unified framework for studying the impact of linear infrastructures. Palabras clave: Infrastructure planning

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Use of passages across a canal by wild mammals and related mortality.

From 1993–1998, we monitored a 24.1-km long concrete water canal in northern Spain for drowned mammals. Along the canal, 14 concrete bridges and 9 small bridges permitted...

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Factors involved in the distribution of forest birds in the Iberian Peninsula.

Factors involved in the distribution of forest birds in the Iberian Peninsula. Palabras clave: Bird, Forest

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Spatial prioritization of road defragmentation measures for the improvement o...

Spatial prioritization of road defragmentation measures for the improvement of landsacape connectivity using Conefor 2.6. Palabras clave: Connectivity, Ecological network,...

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A forecasting map of avian roadkill-risk in Europe: a tool to identify potent...

In this study, we propose a novel strategy for identifying potential hotspots of avian roadkills in Europe. The proposed approach combines information about the spatial...

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Can we explain regional abundance and road‐kill patterns with variables deriv...

We evaluated the transferability of variables previously found to have a significant effect on European polecat Mustela putorius road‐kills at a local scale (i.e. 50m around...

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Comparing annual vertebrate road kills over two time periods, 9 years apart: ...

We surveyed road kills occurring along a 26-km stretch of a major national road (Portugal) in two different years: 1996 and 2005. For analysis purposes, we divided the data into...

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Breeding bird communities in pine plantations of the Spanish plateaux: biogeo...

Breeding bird communities in pine plantations of the Spanish plateaux: biogeography, landscape and vegetation effects. Palabras clave: Bird, Community, Coniferous woodland, Forest

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Mortalidad de Tarentola mauritanica en caminos rurales de Menorca. Nota preli...

Short note reporting the observations of gecko (Tarentola mauritanica) deaths by traffic on small unpaved roads during three summer nights. Nota breve sobre observaciones de...

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Do well-connected landscapes promote road-related mortality?

Cost surface (CS) models have emerged as a useful tool to examine the interactions between landscapes patterns and wildlife at large-scale extents. This approach is particularly...

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The impacts of roads and other infrastructure on mammal and bird populations:...

Biodiversity is being lost at an increased rate as a result of human activities. One of the major threats to biodiversity is infrastructural development. We used meta-analyses...

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Environmental and traffic-related factors determining wildlife road-kills thr...

This is the first study focusing on the roadkill of large vertebrates in Mediterranean environments, entailing relevant implications for road safety in this relatively...

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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...

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Indicadores de fragmentación de hábitats causada por infraestructuras lineale...

Indicadores de fragmentación de hábitats causada por infraestructuras lineales de transporte. Palabras clave: Fragmentación, Hábitat

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Variación regional del efecto de la fragmentación sobre las aves forestales.

Variación regional del efecto de la fragmentación sobre las aves forestales. Palabras clave: Aves, Bosque, Fragmentación, Fragmentación de hábitat

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El lince ibérico (Lynx pardina) en España. Distribución y problemas de conser...

In a sample of 356 Iberian lynx known to be dead between 1978 and 1988, 25 (7%) were killed in roads. This percentage is much higher that the value obtained during the period...

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Lack of maintenance of motorway fences works against their intended purpose w...

Linear infrastructure intrusions into natural ecosystems, such as motorways and high-speed railways, causes direct loss of habitat but also impacts fauna through collisions....