[{"id":233,"title":"A proposal to increase effectiveness of electric fence","sha":"04837977ef27680106e0144557ff7158","user_id":null,"state":"published","body":"Electric fences have been used more successfully than non-electric fences in comparable settings for a variety of animals. The frequent breaking of electric fences by large mammals such as elephants that can pull a tree down on the fence, or rhinos that can run through fences with impunity, decrease the effectiveness of electric fences. Laying out a depressed region near the fence with the width more than the tallest tree, and filling it with sand would increase the effectiveness of electric fences. This would force the animal to run through sand which would significantly slow down the animal. The sand would also prevent the growth of vegetation that could support tall trees, which could be used to disrupt the fence. The sand clearing would also provide the ability to electrify the fences with solar power, utilising the clearing from foliage presented. ","created_at":"2015-09-17T11:00:27.526Z","updated_at":"2015-09-19T06:01:02.481Z","zenodo_id":61598,"doi":"http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.31169","subject":null,"tags":["electric fence","sanctuary","wildlife","fence","reserve"],"vote_count":0,"view_count":1,"score":0.1,"deleted":false,"muted":false,"tweeted":true,"attachment_file_name":null,"attachment_content_type":null,"attachment_file_size":null,"attachment_updated_at":null},{"id":554,"title":"Towards a unified framework for studying the impact of linear infrastructures","sha":"dccdc384e08088258406f10565ba060e","user_id":null,"state":"published","body":"Linear infrastructures such as roads, railways and power lines have considerable negative impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems ([van der Ree et al. 2015](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118568170); [Borda-de-Água et al. 2017](https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319574950); [D’Amico et al. 2018](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13280-018-1025-z)). All these impacts, including among others non-natural mortality and fragmentation, have been traditionally studied by focusing on single infrastructures (e.g. 1: bird collisions with power lines, [Barrientos et al. 2011](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01699.x); e.g. 2: road-avoidance responses by ungulates, [D’Amico et al. 2016](https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2664.12572)). Nevertheless, most species can simultaneously suffer from negative impacts due to different infrastructures (e.g. 1: both roads and power lines determine high mortality rates for the little bustard *Tetrax tetrax*, [Marcelino et al. 2018](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bird-conservation-international/article/tracking-data-of-the-little-bustard-tetrax-tetrax-in-iberia-shows-high-anthropogenic-mortality/643D8349348F42F1962CB0188A4B886A); e.g. 2: the reindeer *Rangifer tarandus* generally avoid both roads and power lines, [Nellemann et al. 2001](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320701000829)). As a consequence, we claim that considering at the same time all linear infrastructures would substantially improve our understanding of related impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems, thus providing more robust outcomes for planning both mitigation measures and more sustainable human developments.","created_at":"2019-01-08T17:13:03.501Z","updated_at":"2019-03-02T17:59:16.959Z","zenodo_id":2548952,"doi":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2548952","subject":null,"tags":["ecology","conservation biology","road ecology","biodiversity","railway ecology","landscape ecology","wildlife"],"vote_count":1,"view_count":1,"score":1.1,"deleted":false,"muted":false,"tweeted":true,"attachment_file_name":null,"attachment_content_type":null,"attachment_file_size":null,"attachment_updated_at":null}]