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Mainstreaming ecological connectivity in road environmental impact assessments:...
Gonçalves, Larissa; Kindel, Andreas; Bastazini, Vinicius; Teixeira, FernandaRoad networks affect ecological connectivity, which has implications across different levels of biological organization. There are compelling reasons and sufficient approaches and tools to mainstream ecological connectivity into environmental impact assessments (EIAs) of road projects. In this letter, we discuss ways of overcoming the existing gaps and obstacles in the consideration of connectivity loss in EIAs...
Power line electrocution as an overlooked threat to Lear's Macaw (Anodorhynchus...
Biasotto, Larissa D.; Pacífico, Erica C.; Paschotto, Fernanda R.; Filadelfo, Thiago; Couto, Maíla B.; Sousa, Antonio Emanuel B. A.; Mantovani, PlinioElectrocution can pose a serious threat to large birds, particularly threatened species with low population sizes. However, few studies have focused on the impacts of electrocution on large parrots such as the Endangered Lear's Macaw Anodorhynchus leari, endemic to the Brazilian Caatinga. Here, we compile and describe 31 electrocution events, as reported by villagers, indicating that electrocution may be an imp...
Beware that the lack of wildlife mortality records can mask a serious impact of...
Ascensão, Fernando; Kindel, Andreas; Teixeira, Fernanda Zimmermann; Barrientos, Rafael; D'Amico, Marcello; Borda-de-Água, Luís; Pereira, Henrique M.Linear infrastructures (e.g. roads, railways or power lines) promote a myriad of negative impacts on wildlife around the world, of which direct mortality is the most visible one. When high mortality rates are found, mitigation measures are often discussed and applied. On the other hand, the lack of mortality is commonly interpreted as evidence of low impact on wildlife. We argue that the lack of mortality may a...
BRAZIL ROAD-KILL: a data set of wildlife terrestrial vertebrate road-kills
Grilo, Clara; Coimbra, Michely R.; Cerqueira, Rafaela C.; Barbosa, Priscilla; Dornas, Rubem A. P.; Gonçalves, Larissa O.; Teixeira, Fernanda Z.Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-11T17:22:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2018-01-01; Mortality from collision with vehicles is the most visible impact of road traffic on wildlife. Mortality due to roads (hereafter road-kill) can affect the dynamic of populations of many species and can, therefore, increase the risk of local decline or extinction. This is especially true in Brazil, where...