Compared to roads, relatively little is known about the ecological effects of railways on wildlife. Railways and roads are frequently co‐aligned in the same corridor, but most road ecology projects ignore parallel railways due to landownership issues, road‐specific funding or perceptions that railway impacts are negligible. Railways and trains can negatively affect wildlife and the environment in ways similar to roads and vehicles (including wildlife mortality, habitat loss and fragmentation), but the degree of these impacts may differ. Most research has focused on evaluating the impacts of trains and railways, with little attention towards mitigation, and most research projects have focused solely on moose and bears.

    Railways and trains affect wildlife in similar ways to roads and vehicles, but the degree of impact differs.

    Railways impact wildlife in unique ways that are not well understood.

    Wildlife–train collisions are a multifactor problem.

    Mitigation options exist but some are more proven than others.

    Many of the solutions developed for roads can probably be applied successfully to railways, but in some cases, new approaches and technologies are needed.


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    Titel :

    Ecological Effects of Railways on Wildlife


    Beteiligte:
    van der Ree, Rodney (Herausgeber:in) / Smith, Daniel J. (Herausgeber:in) / Grilo, Clara (Herausgeber:in) / Dorsey, Benjamin (Autor:in) / Olsson, Mattias (Autor:in) / Rew, Lisa J. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2015-04-01


    Format / Umfang :

    9 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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