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Transportation infrastructure impacts over half of Europe, causing significant wildlife population declines, especially for mammals. This study introduces a method to assess these large-scale effects, highlighting the urgent need for coordinated conservation strategies.

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  • Ecology
  • Conservation Biology
  • Environmental Science

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  • Habitat loss and deterioration are primary threats to wildlife.
  • Expansion of transportation infrastructure and human settlements exacerbates habitat issues.
  • Large-scale impacts of infrastructure on wildlife are often underestimated.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the European transportation infrastructure network's proximity to wildlife habitats.
  • To develop and apply a method for assessing infrastructure impacts on bird and mammal populations.
  • To quantify the extent of infrastructure influence and predicted population declines in Spain.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of the European transportation infrastructure network.
  • Development of functional response curves to model wildlife density reductions (road-effect zones).
  • Application of the developed method to Spain as a case study for birds and mammals.

Main Results:

  • 50% of Europe is within 1.5 km of transportation infrastructure.
  • Infrastructure's impact zone covers 55.5% of Spain for birds and 97.9% for mammals.
  • Predicted population declines: 22.6% for birds and 46.6% for mammals in Spain.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed method is applicable for evaluating planned infrastructure developments.
  • Infrastructure significantly impacts wildlife across large spatial scales.
  • An internationally coordinated strategy is needed to improve infrastructure impact assessments.