Road Ecology Center

This page contains links to literature that is relevant to the field of Road Ecology, including news, papers, books, and government documents. Documents that are available directly from the Road Ecology Center are linked directly to the Road Ecology site within the University of California Repository, where they are available for download.

Research in Road Ecology

	Foreman, Richard et al. (2003). Road Ecology: Science and Solutions. Island Press, Washington, D.C. Bibliography for this book A central goal of transportation is the delivery of safe and efficient services with minimal environmental impact. In practice, though, human mobility has flourished while nature has suffered. Awareness of the environmental impacts of roads is increasing, yet information remains scarce for those interested in studying, understanding, or minimizing the ecological effects of roads and vehicles.
	Davenport, John and Julia L. Davenport, Editors (2006). The Ecology of Transportation: Managing Mobility for the Environment :Springer. Human transport by land, sea and air has increased exponentially through time in intensity, paralleling rises in population, prosperity and rates of technological change. Transport has considerable ecological effects, many of them detrimental to environmental sustainability. This volume brings together international experts from a variety of disciplines to review the ecological effects and their causes in terms of road, rail, ship and aircraft transport.
	Hilty, Jodi A. et al.(2006). Corridor Ecology: The Science and Practice of Linking Landscapes for Biodiversity Conservation. Island Press. Corridor Ecology presents guidelines that combine conservation science and practical experience for maintaining, enhancing, and creating connectivity between natural areas with an overarching goal of conserving biodiversity. It offers an objective, carefully interpreted review of the issues and is a one-of-a-kind resource for scientists, landscape architects, planners, land managers, decision-makers, and all those working to protect and restore landscapes and species diversity.

Road Ecology in the News

Road ecology paves way to understanding of how highways can co-exist with wildlife By: Kiley Russell, CONTRA COSTA TIMES Sun, Nov. 26, 2006
High-tech equipment may help reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions September 11, 2006 MSU News Service
"Roads Pave the Way for Weed Invasions," UC Davis News & Information, April 3, 2003
"Weeds at home on our roadsides," The Sacramento Bee, May 4, 2003