Research
Making scientific research accessible
Here, you’ll find easy-to-read summaries of scientifically rigorous, evidence-based and peer-reviewed publications from around the world to help you better plan, build, and manage ecologically sustainable linear infrastructure.
Research summaries are listed chronologically according to when they were published here.
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Motorways change grasshopper and cricket assemblages in a Croatian grassland
We investigated the spatial changes in grasshopper and cricket assemblages in relation to a motorway passing through unmanaged grassland habitat in Croatia. For the first time, our results show that motorways affect grasshoppers and crickets at this level, with both detrimental and beneficial effects on their diversity, depending on the distance from the road.
Could roads be simplifying bird communities?
Great Britain has seen traffic levels increase while bird species are declining but there is limited understanding about this link. This study assessed the spatial associations between roads and birds across Britain.