Anthropogenic, environmental and temporal associations with vertebrate road mortality in a wildland–urban interface of a biodiverse desert ecoregion

Royal Society Open Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11(7)

Published: July 1, 2024

Road mortality adversely affects wildlife populations. As urbanization and infrastructure densities expand, transportation management aim to mitigate wildlife–vehicle conflicts while conserving biodiversity. Roadways in aridland ecosystems can invariably impact differently from temperate other biomes, yet these rapidly urbanizing regions are understudied as urban–rural gradients. We conducted road-cruise surveys ( n = 204; 2018–2023) assess anthropogenic, environmental, temporal factors associated with vertebrate roadkill across the wildland–urban interface of Arizona’s biodiverse Sonoran Desert ecoregion—already subjected increased human development climate change. Of 2019 vertebrates observed, 28.5% were roadkill. Increasing levels reduced abundance on roads road-killed endothermic vertebrates. Traffic volume was strongly roadkill; additive effects began at approximately 20 vehicles. Daily low temperature and/or relative humidity also groups. provide empirical evidence understand wildlife–roadkill associations expanding interfaces inform effective mitigation conservation strategies regions. recommend that managers or avoid rural areas possess high biodiversity, valuable waterways migration corridors, populations vulnerable species.

Language: Английский

Modeling the Distribution of the Rare and Red-Listed Halophytic Moss Species Entosthodon hungaricus Under Various Climate Change Scenarios in Serbia

Plants, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(23), P. 3347 - 3347

Published: Nov. 28, 2024

is a rare moss species of the salty grasslands in Serbia. It threatened with extinction due to habitat destruction and loss, although it reproduces sexually. In this study, we tested different models predicting its distribution under several climate scenarios over next 8 decades. All indicated reduction range varying extents. Due specific substrate type as well predicted loss owing change, shifting not an option for survival species; and, therefore, deserves special attention conservation management.

Language: Английский