کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
142898 163162 2009 11 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Impacts of roads and linear clearings on tropical forests
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک (عمومی)
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Impacts of roads and linear clearings on tropical forests
چکیده انگلیسی

Linear infrastructure such as roads, highways, power lines and gas lines are omnipresent features of human activity and are rapidly expanding in the tropics. Tropical species are especially vulnerable to such infrastructure because they include many ecological specialists that avoid even narrow (<30-m wide) clearings and forest edges, as well as other species that are susceptible to road kill, predation or hunting by humans near roads. In addition, roads have a major role in opening up forested tropical regions to destructive colonization and exploitation. Here, we synthesize existing research on the impacts of roads and other linear clearings on tropical rainforests, and assert that such impacts are often qualitatively and quantitatively different in tropical forests than in other ecosystems. We also highlight practical measures to reduce the negative impacts of roads and other linear infrastructure on tropical species.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: - Volume 24, Issue 12, December 2009, Pages 659–669
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