Railway Ecology

• Main Author: Rafael Barrientos (auth)
• Other Authors: Pedro Beja (auth), Luís Borda-de-Água (auth), Henrique Miguel Pereira (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2017
• Subjects: planning; carbon footprint; efficiency; biodiversity; environmental impacts of railways; engineering; animal casualties on rails; sustainability; landscape; transportation; wildlife
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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 in...