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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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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57496-7 |
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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, bar |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource(XXX,320pages): illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9783319574967 |
| Access: | Open Access |
| Index Number: | QH75 |
| CLC: | F53-05 |
| 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. |