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.

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Have you recently published a peer-reviewed scientific paper on transportation and ecology? Do you want practitioners all around the world to find and use your results? Then you need to contribute a Research Summary!

Johanna Märtz Johanna Märtz

Restoring the collapsed iconic wildebeest migration in Kenya’s Masai Mara Ecosystem

The rapid spread of fencing in Kenya’s Masai Mara has disrupted wildlife and livestock movements, threatening both the ecosystem and pastoralist livelihoods and ultimately causing the collapse of the Mara-Loita wildebeest migration. New research highlights how restoring key corridors can reconnect these landscapes, offering mutual benefits while providing a blueprint for planning cost-effective restoration of fragmented ecosystems worldwide.

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Darrelle Moffat Darrelle Moffat

Don’t fall short on fencing!

Short stretches of fences can substantially reduce roadkill along a fenced road section, especially if fence-end treatments are in place. However, with short fences there may still not be a net benefit because roadkill can be moved to nearby unmitigated road sections, especially just beyond a fence-end

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Darrelle Moffat Darrelle Moffat

An under-road tunnel and fence system supports population increases of the Great Crested Newt in England

We used custom-built cameras and image recognition software to evaluate the use and effectiveness of a tunnel and fence system for amphibians at a road mitigation site in England. Over four years, we found high rates of use of the tunnels, no roadkill, colonisation of newly-built ponds and a substantial increase in the population size of several species, including the nationally protected Great Crested Newt.

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