Handbook of road ecology /
This authoritative volume brings together some of the world's leading researchers, academics, practitioners and transportation agency personnel to present the current status of the ecological sustainability of the linear infrastructure ' primarily road, rail and utility easements ' th...
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Hoboken, NJ ; Chichester, West Sussex, UK :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2015.
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- The ecological effects of linear infrastructure and traffic: challenges and opportunities of rapid global growth / Rodney van der Ree, Daniel J. Smith and Clara Grilo
- Bad roads, good roads / William F. Laurance
- Why keep areas road-free? The importance of roadless areas / Nuria Selva, Adam Switalski, Stefan Kreft and Pierre L. Ibisch
- Incorporating biodiversity issues into road design: the road agency perspective / Kevin Roberts and Anders Sjölund
- Improving environmental impact assessment and road planning at the landscape scale / Jochen A.G. Jaeger
- What transportation agencies need in environmental impact assessments and other reports to minimise ecological impacts / Josie Stokes
- Principles underpinning biodiversity offsets and guidance on their use / Yung En Chee
- Construction of roads and wildlife mitigation measures: pitfalls and opportunities / Cameron Weller
- Ensuring the completed road project is designed, built and operated as intended / Rodney van der Ree, Stepen Tonjes and Cameron Weller
- Good science and experimentation are needed in road ecology / Rodney van der Ree, Jochen A.G. Jaeger, Trina Rytwinski and Edgar A. van der Grift
- Field methods to evaluate the impacts of roads on wildlife / Daniel J. Smith and Rodney van der Ree
- Case study: a robust method to obtain defendable data on wildlife mortality / Éric Guinard, Roger Prodon and Christophe Barbraud
- Road-wildlife mitigation planning can be improved by identifying the patterns and processes associated with wildlife-vehicle collisions / Kari Gunson and Fernanda Zimmermann Teixeira
- Incorporating landscape genetics into road ecology / Paul Sunnucks and Niko Balkenhol
- Guidelines for evaluating use of wildlife crossing structures / Edgar A. van der Grift and Rodney van der Ree
- Guidelines for evaluating the effectiveness of road mitigation measures / Edgar A. van der Grift, Rodney van der Ree and Jochen A.G. Jaeger
- How to maintain safe and effective mitigation measures / Rodney van der Ree and Stephen Tonjes
- Understanding and mitigating the negative effects of road lighting on ecosystems / Bradley F. Blackwell, Travis L. Devault and Thomas W. Seamans
- Ecological impacts of road noise and options for mitigation / Kirsten M. Parris
- Fencing: a valuable tool for reducing wildlife-vehicle collisions and funnelling fauna to crossing structures / Rodney van der Ree, Jeffrey W. Gagnon and Daniel J. Smith
- Wildlife crossing structures: an effective strategy to restore or maintain wildlife connectivity across roads / Daniel J. Smith, Rodney van der Ree and Carme Rosell
- Recreational co-use of wildlife crossing structures / Rodney van der Ree and Edgar A. van der Grift
- Predator-prey interactions at wildlife crossing structures: between myth and reality / Cristina Mata, Roberta Bencini, Brian K. Chambers and Juan E. Malo
- Wildlife warning signs and animal detection systems aimed at reducing wildlife-vehicle collisions / Marcel P. Huijser, Christa Mosler-Berger, Mattias Olsson and Martin Strein
- Use of reflectors and auditory deterrents to prevent wildlife-vehicle collisions / Gino D'Angelo and Rodney van der Ree
- Ecological effects of railways on wildlife / Benjamin Dorsey, Mattias Olsson and Lisa J. Rew
- Impacts of utility and other industrial linear corridors on wildlife / A. David M. Latham and Stan Boutin
- The impacts of roads and traffic on terrestrial animal populations / Trina Rytwinski and Lenore Fahrig
- Insects, snails and spiders: the role of invertebrates in road ecology / Heinrich Reck and Rodney van der Ree
- Case study: protecting Christmas island's iconic red crabs from vehicles / Rob Muller and Mike Misso
- Making a safe leap forward: mitigating road impacts on amphibians / Andrew J. Hamer, Thomas E.S. Langton and David Lesbarrères
- Reptiles: overlooked but often at risk from roads / Kimberly M. Andrews, Tom A. Langen and Richard P.J.H. Struijk
- Flight doesn't solve everything: mitigation of road impacts on birds / Angela Kociolek, Clara Grilo and Sandra Jacobson
- Bats and roads / Isobel M. Abbott, Anna Berthinussen, Emma Stone, Martijn Boonman, Markus Melber and John Altringham
- Carnivores: struggling for survival in roaded landscapes / Clara Grilo, Daniel J. Smith and Nina Klar
- Case study: roads and jaguars in the Mayan forests / Eugenia Pallares, Carlos Manterola, Dalia A. Conde and Fernando Colchero
- Case study: finding the middle road-grounded approaches to mitigate highway impacts in tiger reserves / Sanjay Gubbi and H.C. Poornesha
- Case study: African wild dogs and the fragmentation menace / Brendan Whittington-Jones and Harriet Davies-Mostert
- Roads, traffic and verges: big problems and big opportunities for small mammals / Fernando Ascensão, Scott Lapoint and Rodney van der Ree
- Reducing road impacts on tree-dwelling animals / Kylie Soanes and Rodney van der Ree
- Case study: canopy bridges for primate conservation / Andrea Donaldson and Pamela Cunneyworth
- Transportation and large herbivores / Patricia Cramer, Mattias Olsson, Michelle E. Gadd, Rodney van der Ree and Leonard E. Sielecki
- Case study: the Mount Kenya elephant corridor and underpass / Susie Weeks
- Form and function: a more natural approach to infrastructure, fish and stream habitats / Paul J. Wagner
- Solutions to the impacts of roads and other barriers on fish and fish habitat / Fabrice Ottburg and Matt Blank
- The function and management of roadside vegetation / Suzanne J. Milton, W. Richard J. Dean, Leonard E. Sielecki and Rodney van der Ree
- Roads in the arid lands: issues, challenges and potential solutions / Enhua Lee, David B. Croft and Tamar Achiron-Frumkin
- Road ecology in an urbanising world / Darryl Jones, Hans Bekker and Rodney van der Ree
- Tropical ecosystem vulnerability and climatic conditions: particular challenges for road planning, construction and maintenance / Miriam Goosem
- The influence of economics, politics and environment on road ecology in South America / Alex Bager, Carlos E. Borghi and Helio Secco
- Highway construction as a force in the destruction of the Amazon forest / Philip M. Fearnside
- Road ecology in South India: issues and mitigation opportunities / K.S. Seshadri and T. Ganesh
- Planning roads through sensitive Asian landscapes: regulatory issues, ecological implications and challenges for decision-making / Asha Rajvanshi and Vinod B. Mathur
- Setjhaba SA, South Afrika: a South African perspective of an emerging transport infrastructure / Wendy Collinson, Dan Parker, Claire Patterson-Abrolat, Graham Alexander and Harriet Davies-Mostert
- Unfenced reserves, unparalleled biodiversity and a rapidly changing landscape: roadways and wildlife in East Africa / Clinton W. Epps, Katarzyna Nowak and Benezeth Mutayoba
- Expected effects of a road across the Serengeti / Michelle E. Gadd
- China: building and managing a massive road and rail network and protecting our rich biodiversity / Yun Wang, Yaping Kong and Jiding Chen
- Railways, roads and fences across Kazakhstan and Mongolia threaten the survival of wide-ranging wildlife / Kirk A. Olson and Rodney van der Ree
- Best-practice guidelines and manuals / Marguerite Trocmé
- Case study: the role of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and advocates in reducing the impacts of roads on wildlife / Patricia White
- Case study: building a community of practice for road ecology / Paul J. Wagner and Andreas Seiler
- Wildlife/roadkill observation and reporting systems / Fraser Shilling, Sarah E. Perkins and Wendy Collinson.
