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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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!

Darrelle Moffat Darrelle Moffat

More than 10,000 tons of wild mammals are killed on Brazilian roads yearly: Assessing the impacts and conservation implications of wildlife-vehicle collisions

Nearly 9 million medium- and large-sized mammals (>1kg) could be killed on Brazilian roads each year, representing an estimated wildlife biomass of over 10,000 tons. Mortality from roads is a major threat to wildlife conservation in Brazil, and further research and mitigation is urgently needed to avoid species extinction.

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Darrelle Moffat Darrelle Moffat

Barriers to fauna-sensitive road design and how we can overcome them

Our recent survey of the transport planning and policy literature revealed substantial barriers that obstruct the consideration and implementation of fauna-sensitive road design (FSRD). Although the review identified several ecological support tools that could be useful to transport practitioners, these are of limited use without ‘action-oriented’ research to support their adoption and application of FSRD more broadly.

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Darrelle Moffat Darrelle Moffat

What we know (and don't know) about bird collisions with power lines and how to mitigate them

Bird collisions with overhead powerlines is one of the most significant human causes of bird mortality worldwide, with estimates in the millions of birds killed annually and contributing to the decline of many species. We undertook a comprehensive literature review and identified the factors that increased bird collision risk with power lines, the existing mitigation measures, and remaining knowledge gaps.

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Steve Bega Steve Bega

Road Ecology Research in Africa

This research is a review of the road ecology publications and research that have been done in Africa to date to identify the areas and species that have been researched and the lessons learned from these as well as to identify recommendations for further areas of research.

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