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.
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Motorways change grasshopper and cricket assemblages in a Croatian grassland
We investigated the spatial changes in grasshopper and cricket assemblages in relation to a motorway passing through unmanaged grassland habitat in Croatia. For the first time, our results show that motorways affect grasshoppers and crickets at this level, with both detrimental and beneficial effects on their diversity, depending on the distance from the road.