Research

Making scientific research accessible

Here you’ll find easy-to-read summaries of scientifically rigorous, evidence-based and peer-reviewed publications from around the world to help you better plan, build and manage ecologically sustainable linear infrastructure.

Research summaries are listed chronologically according to when they were published here. To find information on a specific topic, please use the SEARCH function and search by keywords, including topic, species, location and/or author.

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Darrelle Moffat Darrelle Moffat

Critically endangered possum uses two different types of canopy bridges to cross forestry roads

The tiny Leadbeater’s possum is critically endangered from a combination of habitat destruction, timber harvesting, the effects of high-intensity forest fires, and habitat fragmentation from roads and fire-breaks. We tested two different designs of canopy bridges across roads in their forest habitat and both were used, reducing the risk of predation by terrestrial predators and wildlife-vehicle collision.

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Darrelle Moffat Darrelle Moffat

Transportation infrastructure is a growing but under-appreciated threat to the world’s primates.

The expansion of transportation and service corridors (T&S) (i.e., roads, railways and utility and service lines) poses a significant yet underappreciated threat to many species of wildlife. We conducted the first comprehensive systematic review of the impact of T&S corridors on primates at a global scale, and we show that primate species are more threatened by T&S corridors than previously reported. We also show that impacts are diverse and multifaceted, and that only a minority of studies focused on mitigation implementation and evaluation.

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