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Effects of roads on fruit crop and removal rate from rowanberry trees (Sorbus aucuparia) by birds in urban areas of Finland
Jukka Suhonen,Jukka Jokimäki,Roosa Lassila,Marja-Liisa Kaisanlahti-Jokimäki,Pilar Carbó-Ramírez +4 more
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In this article, the extent to which birds used the fruit from rowanberry trees ( Sorbus aucuparia ), in two cities along a 700 km latitudinal gradient in Finland, was studied.About:
This article is published in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening.The article was published on 2017-10-01. It has received 11 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sorbus aucuparia & Frugivore.read more
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Are street trees friendly to biodiversity
TL;DR: In this article, a database of street tree inventories in China, that included species diversity, abundance and origin information of street trees from 59 cities, was compiled to explore how different cities rank with regards to the use of native and diversity of the street trees, which are both considered beneficial to urban biodiversity.
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Are street trees friendly to biodiversity?
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper found that most cities are dominated by only a few species of trees, and a large proportion of these trees are non-native tree species, indicating that streetscapes are likely not friendly to biodiversity.
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Proximity to roads reduces acorn dispersal effectiveness by rodents: Implication for forest regeneration and management
TL;DR: It is concluded that the ever-expanding effect of roads on animal-mediated seed dispersal may ultimately cause profound changes in forest composition and structure across diverse ecosystems, on a global scale.
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Roads disrupt rodent scatter-hoarding seed-dispersal services: implication for forest regeneration
Jifa Cui,Wenwen Chen,Chris Newman,Wenwu Han,Christina D. Buesching,David W. Macdonald,Zongqiang Xie,Youbing Zhou +7 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that the ever-expanding effect of roads on zoochorous seed dispersal may ultimately cause profound changes in the structure of plant communities across diverse ecosystems, on a global scale.
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The impact of tree crops and temperature on the timing of frugivorous bird migration
TL;DR: The hypothesis that the timing of autumn migration in the frugivorous birds depends on the availability of food and is weakly connected with the variation in temperature is supported.
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Bird Census Techniques
TL;DR: Purpose and design in counting birds census errors territory mapping methods line transects point contacts catching and marking counting individual species counting colonial flocking and nesting birds distribution studies description and measurement of bird habitat chapter summaries and points to consider.
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Roads and their major ecological effects
TL;DR: Road density and network structure are informative landscape ecology assays and Australia has huge road-reserve networks of native vegetation, whereas the Dutch have tunnels and overpasses perforating road barriers to enhance ecological flows.
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Review of ecological effects of roads on terrestrial and aquatic communities.
TL;DR: Roads are a widespread and increasing feature of most landscapes. as mentioned in this paper reviewed the scientific liter- ature on the ecological effects of roads and found support for the general conclusion that they are associated with negative effects on biotic integrity in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
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Road Ecology: Science and Solutions
Richard T. T. Forman,Daniel Sperling,John A. Bissonette,Anthony P. Clevenger,Carol D Cutshall,Virginia H. Dale,Lenore Fahrig,Charles R. Goldman,Kevin Heanue,Julia A. Jones,Frederick J. Swanson,Tom Turrentine,Thomas C Winter +12 more
TL;DR: Road ecology is defined as using the science of ecology and landscape ecology to examine, understand, and address the interactions of roads and vehicles with their surrounding environment as mentioned in this paper, where case studies are provided to illustrate the feasiblilty of designing and building road systems which address both biodiversity and ecology and safe and efficient human mobility.
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Effects of Roads on Animal Abundance: an Empirical Review and Synthesis
Lenore Fahrig,Trina Rytwinski +1 more
TL;DR: The authors argue that the evidence for population-level effects of roads and traffic is already strong enough to merit routine consideration of mitigation of these effects in all road construction and maintenance projects.