IMPACT OF LINEAR INFRASTRUCTURE INTRUSIONS ON AVIFAUNA: A REVIEW
This review examines the reported impacts of three major linear infrastructure developments, namely railways, roads and power lines on avifauna. These infrastructures are proliferating worldwide posing serious threats to wildlife including avifauna. The major impacts i...
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| description | This review examines the reported impacts of three major linear infrastructure developments, namely railways, roads and power lines on avifauna. These infrastructures are proliferating worldwide posing serious threats to wildlife including avifauna. The major impacts involved with linear infrastructures are habitat degradation, fragmentation, direct mortality by collision andelectrocution. The factors affecting collision mortality can be divided into intrinsic and extrinsic factors. The intrinsic factors include species morphology and species behavior whereas the extrinsic factors are the external factors such as weather, landscape features and the technical aspects of the infrastructure. Power lines affect a large number of birds, killing more than one billion birds globally each year. Studies suggest the implementation of anti-collision devices such as wire markers; flight diverters and physical barriers like trees, diversion poles or noise barriers are effective mitigation measures to reduce bird mortality due to the linear infrastructures. Therefore, understanding the overall impact of linear infrastructures is crucial for effectively managing their impacts on avifauna and helping make future developments less destructive and more sustainable. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8e0067a1905c426e89ca5f62d23779f52023-06-22T10:58:18ZengUniversity of BaghdadBulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum1017-86782311-97992023-06-01173481498https://doi.org/10.26842/binhm.7.2023.17.3.0481IMPACT OF LINEAR INFRASTRUCTURE INTRUSIONS ON AVIFAUNA: A REVIEWC. P. Ashwin0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1348-2929P. J. Clince1P. R. Arun2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6560-2016Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON) (South India Centre of Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun),Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Govt. of India.Anaikatty (PO), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu –641108Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON) (South India Centre of Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun),Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Govt. of India.Anaikatty (PO), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu –641108Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON) (South India Centre of Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun),Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Govt. of India.Anaikatty (PO), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu –641108This review examines the reported impacts of three major linear infrastructure developments, namely railways, roads and power lines on avifauna. These infrastructures are proliferating worldwide posing serious threats to wildlife including avifauna. The major impacts involved with linear infrastructures are habitat degradation, fragmentation, direct mortality by collision andelectrocution. The factors affecting collision mortality can be divided into intrinsic and extrinsic factors. The intrinsic factors include species morphology and species behavior whereas the extrinsic factors are the external factors such as weather, landscape features and the technical aspects of the infrastructure. Power lines affect a large number of birds, killing more than one billion birds globally each year. Studies suggest the implementation of anti-collision devices such as wire markers; flight diverters and physical barriers like trees, diversion poles or noise barriers are effective mitigation measures to reduce bird mortality due to the linear infrastructures. Therefore, understanding the overall impact of linear infrastructures is crucial for effectively managing their impacts on avifauna and helping make future developments less destructive and more sustainable.https://jnhm.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/BINHM/article/view/838/374avifaunacollisionimpactlinear infrastructures |
| spellingShingle | C. P. Ashwin P. J. Clince P. R. Arun IMPACT OF LINEAR INFRASTRUCTURE INTRUSIONS ON AVIFAUNA: A REVIEW Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum avifauna collision impact linear infrastructures |
| title | IMPACT OF LINEAR INFRASTRUCTURE INTRUSIONS ON AVIFAUNA: A REVIEW |
| title_full | IMPACT OF LINEAR INFRASTRUCTURE INTRUSIONS ON AVIFAUNA: A REVIEW |
| title_fullStr | IMPACT OF LINEAR INFRASTRUCTURE INTRUSIONS ON AVIFAUNA: A REVIEW |
| title_full_unstemmed | IMPACT OF LINEAR INFRASTRUCTURE INTRUSIONS ON AVIFAUNA: A REVIEW |
| title_short | IMPACT OF LINEAR INFRASTRUCTURE INTRUSIONS ON AVIFAUNA: A REVIEW |
| title_sort | impact of linear infrastructure intrusions on avifauna a review |
| topic | avifauna collision impact linear infrastructures |
| url | https://jnhm.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/BINHM/article/view/838/374 |
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