Railway Ecology [electronic resource] edited by Luís Borda-de-Água, Rafael Barrientos, Pedro Beja, Henrique Miguel 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 emerg...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Borda-de-Água, Luís (Editor)
Barrientos, Rafael (Editor)
Beja, Pedro (Editor)
Pereira, Henrique Miguel (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Subjects:
Conservation biology.
Ecology .
Applied ecology.
Biodiversity.
Sociology, Urban.
Environment.
Online Access:
Springer Earth and Environmental Science eBooks 2017 English/International: 2017 (Springer Link)
SpringerLink eBooks Fully Open Access: 2017 (Springer Link)
Open Research Library (ORL): 2017 (Open Research Library)
OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks): 2017 (Open Access Publishing in European Networks)
DOAB Directory of Open Access Books: 2017 (Directory of Open Access Books)
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Part 1
  • Introduction
  • 1. Railway Ecology
  • 2. Wildlife Mortality in Railways
  • 3. Railways as Barriers for Wildlife: Current Knowledge and Future Steps
  • Part 2. Introduction
  • Case Studies
  • Conclusions
  • What’s Next? Railway Ecology in the 21st Century.