The Ecology of Transportation: Managing Mobility for the Environment

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Davenport, John. (Editor), Davenport, Julia L. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edition:1st ed. 2006.
Series:Environmental Pollution, 10
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4504-2
Table of Contents:
  • Ecological effects of aviation
  • The local costs to ecological services associated with high seas global transport
  • Shipwrecked - Shipping impacts on the biota of the Mediterranean Sea
  • Snakes and ladders: Navigable waterways as invasion corridors
  • The transport and the spread of living aquatic species
  • Small craft and the spread of exotic species
  • The environmental impacts of private car transport on the sustainability of Irish settlements
  • Mortality in wildlife due to transportation
  • Habitat fragmentation due to transport infrastructure : Practical considerations
  • Restoring habitat connectivity across transport corridors: identifying high-priority locations for de-fragmentation with the use of an expert-based model
  • Habitat and corridor function of rights-of-way
  • Impact of road traffic on breeding bird populations
  • Towards the sustainable development of modern road ecosystems
  • Environmental impacts of transport, related to tourism and leisure activities
  • Contaminants and pollutants.