Railway Ecology / edited by Luís Borda-de-Água, Rafael Barrientos, Pedro Beja, Henrique Miguel Pereira.

• PART 1. Review -- Railway Ecology / Luís Borda-de-Água, Rafael Barrientos, Pedro Beja, Henrique M. Pereira -- Current Knowledge on Wildlife Mortality in Railways / Sara M. Santos, Filipe Carvalho, António Mira -- Methods to Monitor and Mitigate Wildlife Mortality in Railways / Filipe Carvalho, Sara M. Santos, António Mira, Rui Lourenço -- Railways as Barriers for Wildlife: Current Knowledge / Rafael Barrientos, Luís Borda-de-Água -- Aliens on the Move: Transportation Networks and Non-native Species / Fernando Ascensão, César Capinha -- Railway Disturbances on Wildlife: Types, Effects, and Mitigation Measures / Priscila Silva Lucas, Ramon Gomes de Carvalho, Clara Grilo -- PART 2. Case Studies -- Bird Collisions in a Railway Crossing a Wetland of International Importance (Sado Estuary, Portugal) / Carlos Godinho, João T. Marques, Pedro Salgueiro, Luísa Catarino, Cândida Osório de Castro, António Mira and Pedro Beja -- Cross-scale Changes in Bird Behavior Around a High Speed Railway: From Landscape Occupation to Infrastructure Use and Collision Risk / Juan E. Malo, Eladio L. García de la Morena, Israel Hervás, Cristina Mata, Jesús Herranz -- Relative Risk and Variables Associated with Bear and Ungulate Mortalities Along a Railroad in the Canadian Rocky Mountains / Benjamin P. Dorsey, Anthony Clevenger, Lisa J. Rew -- Railways and Wildlife: A Case Study of Train-Elephant Collisions in Northern West Bengal, India / Mukti Roy, Raman Sukumar -- Assessing Bird Exclusion Effects in a Wetland Crossed by a Railway (Sado Estuary, Portugal) / Carlos Godinho, Luísa Catarino, João T. Marques, António Mira, Pedro Beja -- Evaluating the Impacts of a New Railway on Shorebirds: A Case Study in Central Portugal (Aveiro Lagoon) / Tiago Múrias, David Gonçalves, Ricardo Jorge Lopes -- Evaluating and Mitigating the Impact of a High-Speed Railway on Connectivity: A Case Study with an Amphibian Species in France / Céline Clauzel -- Habitat Fragmentation by Railways as a Barrier to Great Migrations of Ungulates in Mongolia / Takehiko Y. Ito, Badamjav Lhagvasuren, Atsushi Tsunekawa, Masato Shinoda -- Railway Ecology : Experiences and Examples in the Czech Republic / Z. Keken, T. Kušta -- Ecological Roles of Railway Verges in Anthropogenic Landscapes: A Synthesis of Five Case Studies in Northern France / J.-C. Vandevelde, C. Penone -- Wildlife Deterrent Methods for Railways : An Experimental Study / Andreas Seiler, Mattias Olsson -- Commerce and Conservation in the Crown of the Continent / John S. Waller -- PART 3. Conclusion -- What’s Next? Railway Ecology in the 21st Century / Rafael Barrientos, Luís Borda-de-Água, Pedro Brum, Pedro Beja, Henrique M. Pereira. 

• This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book provides a unique overview of the impacts of railways on biodiversity, integrating the existing knowledge on the ecological effects of railways on wildlife, identifying major knowledge gaps and research directions and presenting the emerging field of railway ecology. The book is divided into two major parts: Part one offers a general review of the major conceptual and theoretical principles of railway ecology. The chapters consider the impacts of railways on wildlife populations and concentrate on four major topics: mortality, barrier effects, species invasions and disturbances (ranging from noise to chemical pollution). Part two focuses on a number of case studies from Europe, Asia and North America written by an international group of experts. 

Ämnesord

Environment.  (LCSH)

Environmental sciences.  (LCSH)

Urban geography.  (LCSH)

Applied ecology.  (LCSH)

Biodiversity.  (LCSH)

Nature conservation.  (LCSH)

Ecology.  (LCSH)

Railroads  -- Environmental aspects. (LCSH)

Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns). 

Environmental Science and Engineering. 

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QH75-77 (LCC)

NAT011000 (ämneskategori)

333.72 (DDC)

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