2010
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-010-0209-6
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Abstract: The conservation of wildlife populations living adjacent to roads is gaining international recognition as a worldwide concern. Populations living in road-impacted environments are influenced by spatial parameters including the amount and arrangement of suitable habitat. Similarly, heterogeneity in threatening processes can act at a variety of spatial scales and be crucial in affecting population persistence. Common wombats (Vombatus ursinus) are considered both widespread and abundant throughout their eastern … Show more

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“…High proximity to these roads reduces the efficiency of biodiversity protection reserves because of increased access for illegal hunting, harvesting, logging and human waste. These consequences of road effect may cause local extinction of more sensitive species due to edge effect or noise (Rheindt 2003, Van der Ree et al 2011) and smaller populations due to increased mortality rates caused by diseases and vehicle collisions (Borda-de-Água et al 2011, Roger et al 2011 reducing species diversity. Reserves highly affected by roads are thus the most vulnerable to environmental degradation and consequently might have actual impaired conservation.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…High proximity to these roads reduces the efficiency of biodiversity protection reserves because of increased access for illegal hunting, harvesting, logging and human waste. These consequences of road effect may cause local extinction of more sensitive species due to edge effect or noise (Rheindt 2003, Van der Ree et al 2011) and smaller populations due to increased mortality rates caused by diseases and vehicle collisions (Borda-de-Água et al 2011, Roger et al 2011 reducing species diversity. Reserves highly affected by roads are thus the most vulnerable to environmental degradation and consequently might have actual impaired conservation.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In a study to identify the most suitable corridor in a future railway line in Sweden, Karlson et al (2016) integrated models with ecological and geological information by using spatial multi-criteria analysis techniques to generate a set of potential railway corridors, followed by the application of the lowest cost path analysis in order to find the corridor with the best environmental performance within the set. Much of what has been learned from simulations applied to the impact of roads (e.g., Roger et al 2011;Borda-de-Água et al 2011) can also be used in railway ecology. Among the techniques used, we highlight the individuals-based models, (hereafter "IBM") (e.g., Lacy 2000; Jaeger and Fahrig 2004;Kramer-Schadt et al 2004;Grimm et al 2006).…”
Section: Indirect Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For example, in Canada fences were found to reduce wildlifevehicle collisions by 80%, despite the fact that the locations where fences end result in clusters of higher mortality rates (Clevenger et al 2001). Road mitigation has also been shown to reduce the risk of population decline in wombats (Roger et al 2011). In Tasmania, road mitigation managed to save eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus) and Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus laniarius) populations from local extinction due to road upgrades (Jones 2000).…”
Section: Thesis Overviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For example, fencing roads reduces mortality (Clevenger et al 2001), increases population persistence (Jaeger and Fahrig 2004b), and can facilitate movement and gene flow when combined with wildlife crossings (Gunson et al 2003, Roger et al 2011. Slowing traffic speed and warning signs can also mitigate the effect of roads, although the results of studies are varied, from little evidence of positive effect (Bruinderink andHazebroek 1996, Dique et al 2003b) to facilitation in population recovery (Jones 2000).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%