IENE International Conference

IENE International Conference

LIFE LINES – Linear Infrastructure

Networks with Ecological Solutions

12 to 14 January 2021

PROGRAMME

Organization:

1

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sday

,12

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uar

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colo

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Mitig

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Defr

agm

enta

tion –

1

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shop: A

Revie

w o

f

Wild

life-V

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onflic

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Observ

ation S

yste

ms

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he P

ote

ntial of

Sm

art

Technolo

gie

s for

Ecolo

gic

al P

lannin

g a

nd

Landscape M

easure

s

Full

Pre

senta

tions: W

ildlif

e

and L

inear

Infr

astr

uctu

re

Inte

ractions: F

ield

Monitoring

and E

colo

gic

al S

olu

tions –

1

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Pre

senta

tions:

Infr

astr

uctu

re E

colo

gic

al

Mitig

ation a

nd R

esto

ration –

1

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om

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Pre

senta

tions:

Infr

astr

uctu

re E

colo

gic

al

Mitig

ation a

nd

Defr

agm

enta

tion –

2

Work

shop: M

itig

ating R

ailw

ay

Impacts

on W

ildlif

e

Sid

e E

vent: L

IFE

SA

FE

CR

OS

SIN

G S

em

inar:

Intr

oduction to the W

ork

shop

and T

opic

s c

oncern

ing L

arg

e

Carn

ivore

s a

nd T

ransport

Full

Pre

senta

tions: N

ew

Tools

to M

onitor

Ecolo

gic

al Im

pacts

of Lin

ear

Infr

astr

uctu

res

Full

Pre

senta

tions: W

ildlif

e

and L

inear

Infr

astr

uctu

re

Inte

ractions: F

ield

Monitoring

and E

colo

gic

al S

olu

tions –

2

Ro

om

: Q

uerc

us

Ro

om

: A

rbu

tus

Ro

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us

Ro

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Lavan

du

la

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ing

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shop: A

dvancin

g the

Role

of N

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s to P

rom

ote

Wild

life-f

riendly

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astr

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Coffee B

reak/N

etw

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(16:1

5 -

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0)

Para

lle

l S

essio

ns

Sid

e E

vent: L

IFE

SA

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OS

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inar:

Them

atic D

iscussio

n S

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n

Poste

r S

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lle

l S

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ns

Ple

nary

Para

lle

l S

essio

ns

Fern

anda Z

. T

eix

eira, G

raduate

Pro

gra

m in E

colo

gy / U

FR

GS

(B

razil)

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lco

me

Se

ssio

n

Ro

om

: Q

uerc

us

Ple

nary

Sessio

n I:

Mole

cula

r to

ols

to a

ssess the e

colo

gic

al im

pacts

of tr

ansport

ation infr

astr

uctu

res

Nik

o B

alk

enhol, U

niv

ers

ity o

f G

oettin

gen (

Germ

any)

Ro

om

: Q

uerc

us

Coffee B

reak/N

etw

ork

ing

Lunch B

reak/N

etw

ork

ing

Ple

nary

Sessio

n II:

Challe

nges a

nd a

dvances o

f ro

ad a

nd r

ailw

ay e

colo

gy in L

atin A

merica

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nary

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ary

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Para

lle

l S

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ns

Sid

e E

vent: L

IFE

LIN

ES

Fin

al

Sem

inar

– 1

Work

shop: D

evelo

pm

ent of an

Indic

ative E

uro

pean

Defr

agm

enta

tion M

ap (

IED

eM

)

as a

contr

ibution to p

reserv

e

exis

ting n

ational and

inte

rnational im

port

ant G

reen

Infr

astr

uctu

re p

ara

llel to

lin

ear

infr

astr

uctu

re im

pro

vem

ents

within

Euro

pe

Work

shop: A

n Inte

rnational

Str

ate

gy a

nd A

ction P

lan for

Sta

kehold

ers

’ E

ngagem

ent on

Susta

inable

Tra

nsport

and

oth

er

Lin

ear

Infr

astr

uctu

re

Full

Pre

senta

tions: R

oad

Ecolo

gy: Im

pact A

ssessm

ent,

Mitig

ation a

nd M

onitoring –

1

Full

Pre

senta

tions: G

reen

Infr

astr

uctu

re N

etw

ork

s:

Polic

y a

nd S

trate

gic

Pla

nnin

g

Ro

om

: Q

uerc

us

Ro

om

: A

rbu

tus

Ro

om

: T

hym

us

Ro

om

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istu

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du

la

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Sid

e E

vent: L

IFE

LIN

ES

Fin

al

Sem

inar

– 2

Work

shop: H

elp

ing T

igers

,

Rhin

os, and E

lephants

Cro

ss

the R

oad: W

ildlif

e F

riendly

Infr

astr

uctu

re M

easure

s in

Asia

Work

shop: P

lanting a

nd

pre

serv

ation o

f tr

ees o

n d

am

s

and d

ykes a

s a

part

of gre

en

infr

astr

uctu

re: C

onflic

ts -

Solu

tions -

Im

ple

menta

tion

Full

Pre

senta

tions: R

oad

Ecolo

gy: Im

pact A

ssessm

ent,

Mitig

ation a

nd M

onitoring –

2

Full

Pre

senta

tions: C

itiz

en

Scie

nce a

nd the Involv

em

ent

of C

ivil

Socie

ty –

1

Ro

om

: Q

uerc

us

Ro

om

: A

rbu

tus

Ro

om

: T

hym

us

Ro

om

: C

istu

sR

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m:

Lavan

du

la

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0 -

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reak/N

etw

ork

ing

(ends 1

5:3

0)

15:3

0 -

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0

Ple

nary

Sessio

n III:

Birds u

sin

g (

and a

busin

g o

f) lin

ear

infr

astr

uctu

res: sto

rks a

nd p

ow

er

lines

Fra

ncis

co M

ore

ira, C

IBIO

/Univ

ers

ity o

f P

ort

o (

Port

ugal)

Ro

om

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us

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reak/N

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ork

ing

Lunch B

reak/N

etw

ork

ing

Coffee B

reak/N

etw

ork

ing

Ro

om

: Q

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IEN

E G

en

era

l A

sse

mb

ly

Ple

nary

Ple

nary

Para

lle

l S

essio

ns

Thu

rsd

ay,

14

Jan

uar

y

3

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Para

lle

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ns

Full

Pre

senta

tions:

Infr

astr

uctu

re M

itig

ation a

nd

Defr

agm

enta

tion

Work

shop: W

ildlif

e a

nd T

raffic

Handbook U

pdate

: to

ward

s

Euro

pean s

tandard

s for

fauna

passages a

nd fencin

g

Work

shop: G

LO

BA

L

CO

NG

RE

SS

: Lin

ear

Infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd

Environm

ent (G

CLIE

): A

Pla

tform

to E

nhance

Coopera

tion a

nd C

oord

inate

d

Action b

etw

een the E

xis

ting

Continenta

l C

onfe

rences o

n

Ecolo

gy a

nd Infr

astr

uctu

re

Full

Pre

senta

tions:

Infr

astr

uctu

re E

colo

gic

al

Mitig

ation a

nd

Defr

agm

enta

tion –

3

Full

Pre

senta

tions: M

anagin

g

Bio

div

ers

ity a

long R

oad

Verg

es

Ro

om

: Q

uerc

us

Ro

om

: A

rbu

tus

Ro

om

: T

hym

us

Ro

om

: C

istu

sR

oo

m:

Lavan

du

la

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0 -

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0

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0 -

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0S

essio

n 1

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essio

n 2

.3.2

.S

essio

n 3

.3.2

.S

essio

n 4

.3.2

.S

essio

n 5

.3.2

.

Full

Pre

senta

tions: N

ew

Tools

and T

echnolo

gie

s to P

revent

and M

onitor

Lin

ear

Infr

astr

uctu

re Im

pacts

– 1

Work

shop: In

frastr

uctu

re,

Bio

div

ers

ity a

nd H

ealth

Work

shop: R

oad s

ides a

s

ecolo

gic

al tr

aps –

Challe

nges

and s

olu

tions: C

hanged b

iotic

inte

ractions d

ue to n

on-n

ative

seed m

ixtu

res a

nd invasiv

e

alie

n p

lants

Full

Pre

senta

tions: R

oad

Ecolo

gy: Im

pact A

ssessm

ent,

Mitig

ation a

nd M

onitoring –

3

Full

Pre

senta

tions:

Infr

astr

uctu

re E

colo

gic

al

Mitig

ation a

nd

Defr

agm

enta

tion –

4

Ro

om

: Q

uerc

us

Ro

om

: A

rbu

tus

Ro

om

: T

hym

us

Ro

om

: C

istu

sR

oo

m:

Lavan

du

la

15:0

0 -

15:3

0

Ple

nary

Ro

om

: Q

uerc

us

Jakub W

ejc

hert

, D

G E

nvironm

ent, E

uro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n (

Belg

ium

)

The E

U B

iodiv

ers

ity S

trate

gy 2

030 -

Pers

pectives a

nd Im

plic

ations

Coffee B

reak/N

etw

ork

ing

Coffee B

reak/N

etw

ork

ing

Lunch B

reak/N

etw

ork

ing

Para

lle

l S

essio

ns

Ple

nary

Sessio

n IV

:

Thu

rsd

ay,

14

Jan

uar

y(c

on

t.)

4

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0 -

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n 1

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a.

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essio

n 4

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essio

n 5

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.

Lig

htn

ing T

alk

s: N

ew

Tools

to

Mitig

ate

and M

onitor

Ecolo

gic

al Im

pacts

of R

oads

(15:3

0 -

16:0

0)

Ro

om

: A

rbu

tus

Sessio

n 2

.3.3

b.

Lig

htn

ing T

alk

s: In

frastr

uctu

re

Ecolo

gic

al M

itig

ation a

nd

Resto

ration –

2

(16:0

0 -

16:3

0)

Ro

om

: A

rbu

tus

Coffee B

reak/N

etw

ork

ing

(16:3

0 -

16:4

5)

Ro

om

: Q

uerc

us

Sessio

n 2

.3.4

.R

oo

m:

Th

ym

us

Ro

om

: C

istu

sR

oo

m:

Lavan

du

la

17:0

0 -

17:1

5C

offee B

reak/N

etw

ork

ing

(sta

rts 1

6:4

5)

17:1

5 -

18:1

5S

essio

n 1

.3.4

a.

Sessio

n 4

.3.4

a.

Sessio

n 5

.3.4

a.

Lig

htn

ing T

alk

s: M

anagin

g

Infr

astr

uctu

re M

arg

inal

Habitats

for

Bio

div

ers

ity

(17:1

5 -

17:4

5)

Lig

htn

ing T

alk

s: R

oadkill

s

Impact A

ssessm

ent,

Mitig

ation a

nd M

onitoring

(17:1

5 -

17:4

5)

Lig

htn

ing T

alk

s: N

ew

Tools

and T

echnolo

gie

s to P

revent

and M

onitor

Lin

ear

Infr

astr

uctu

re Im

pacts

– 2

(17:1

5 -

17:4

5)

Ro

om

: Q

uerc

us

Ro

om

: C

istu

sR

oo

m:

Lavan

du

la

Sessio

n 1

.3.4

b.

Sessio

n 4

.3.4

b.

Sessio

n 5

.3.4

b.

Lig

htn

ing T

alk

s: M

anagin

g a

nd

Monitoring E

colo

gic

al Im

pacts

of Lin

ear

Infr

astr

uctu

res

(17:4

5 -

18:1

5)

Lig

htn

ing T

alk

s: W

ildlif

e a

nd

Lin

ear

Infr

astr

uctu

re

Inte

ractions: F

ield

Monitoring

and E

colo

gic

al S

olu

tions –

3

(17:4

5 -

18:1

5)

Lig

htn

ing T

alk

s: C

itiz

en

Scie

nce a

nd the Involv

em

ent

of C

ivil

Socie

ty –

2

(17:4

5 -

18:1

5)

Ro

om

: Q

uerc

us

Ro

om

: A

rbu

tus

Ro

om

: C

istu

sR

oo

m:

Lavan

du

la

Para

lle

l S

essio

ns

Full

Pre

senta

tions:

Challe

nges a

nd O

pport

unitie

s

for

Bio

div

ers

ity C

onserv

ation

in L

inear

Infr

astr

uctu

res

Full

Pre

senta

tions: R

oad

Ecolo

gy: Im

pact A

ssessm

ent,

Mitig

ation a

nd M

onitoring –

4

Work

shop: C

orr

idors

and

Cro

ssin

gs: “G

uid

ance for

Connectivity C

onserv

ation

Impacte

d b

y L

inear

Tra

nsport

ation”

Coffee B

reak/N

etw

ork

ing

Para

lle

l S

essio

ns

Full

Pre

senta

tions: R

oads a

nd

Mam

mals

: E

colo

gic

al

Impacts

and S

olu

tions

Work

shop: R

oad s

ides a

s

ecolo

gic

al tr

aps –

challe

nges

and s

olu

tions: changed b

iotic

inte

ractions d

ue to n

on-n

ative

seed m

ixtu

res a

nd invasiv

e

alie

n p

lants

(C

ontinuation)

18:1

5 -

18:4

5C

losin

g R

em

ark

s

Ro

om

: Q

uerc

us

5

Tuesday, 12 January

08:30 - 09:15 Welcome Session (Room Quercus)

09:15 - 10:15 Plenary Session I (Room Quercus)Niko Balkenhol University of GoettingenMolecular tools to assess the ecological impacts of transportationinfrastructures

10:15 - 10:30 Coffee Break / Networking

10:30 - 12:00 Session 1.1.1. (Room Quercus)Full Presentations: Infrastructure Ecological Mitigation andDefragmentation – 1

Adam Hofland Programme manager MJPOManaging knowledge after 15 years of defragmentation

Anneliese Fuchs E.C.O. Institute of Ecology“Breaking down” global defragmentation concepts to a macro-region – the example of the Danube River Basin

António Mira MED / Conservation Biology Lab, Department ofBiology, Universidade de ÉvoraRisks and opportunities for wildlife living in road dominatedenvironments. What pieces are missing to complete the puzzle?

Alix Aliaga Amphi ConsultDeveloping mitigation strategies to reduce the impact of landtransport infrastructures on Amphibian populations: the example ofDenmark, Sweden, Poland, Lithuania and Estonia

Sandro Bertolino Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia deiSistemi, Università di TorinoUse of snow-tracking to evaluate the impact of Linear TransportationInfrastructures on wolf and ungulates

Heinrich Reck Institute for Natural Resource ConservationThe barrier effect of railways and other linear grey and greeninfrastructure on the small fauna

10:30 - 12:00 Session 2.1.1. (Room Arbutus)Workshop: A Review of Wildlife-Vehicle Conflict ObservationSystemsWendy Collinson Endangered Wildlife TrustFraser Shilling Road Ecology Center, University of California

10:30 - 12:00 Session 3.1.1. (Room Thymus)Workshop: The Potential of Smart technologies for ecologicalplanning and landscape measuresSven Reiter Ro Landesamt für Straßenbau undVerkehr Mecklenburg Western-Pomerania (State officefor road construction and traffic)

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Tuesday, 12 January (cont.)

10:30 - 12:00 Session 4.1.1. (Room Cistus)Full Presentations: Wildlife and Linear Infrastructure Interactions:Field Monitoring and Ecological Solutions – 1

Andreas Huber European Institute for Energy ResearchInfrastructures, human activities and biodiversity in co-evolution: theexamples of Upper-Rhine, Danube and Inn

Erhard Halmschlager University of Natural Resources and LifeSciencesBiological control of invasive Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima)along linear infrastructures using Ailantex®

PiotrTyszko-Chmielowiec Foundation for Sustainable DevelopmentCitizen participation improves the quality of green infrastructure atroad verges in Poland

Jonathan Jumeau Université de StrasbourgFactors driving the distribution of an amphibian community instormwater ponds: a study case in the agricultural plain of the Bas-Rhin, France

Carme Rosell MINUARTIA / University of BarcelonaMaintenance of ecological asset on transport infrastructure: newchapter in the online ‘Wildlife and Traffic’ handbook

Rodney van der Ree WSP Australia Pty Ltd / Ecology andInfrastructure International Pty LtdIntroducing ‘www.TransportEcology.info’: An online, open accessresource to globally share information, knowledge and experience inecologically-friendly linear infrastructure

10:30 - 12:00 Session 5.1.1. (Room Lavandula)

Full Presentations: Infrastructure Ecological Mitigation andRestoration – 1

Kristijn Swinnen Natuurpunt StudieMake amphibian defragmentation infrastructures great (again?)

Katja Poboljšaj Center za kartografi jo favne in fl oreAMPHIbianCONservation and habitat restoration (LIFE AMPHICON)

Sylvain Moulherat TerrOïkoAssessing the ability of modern metapopulation models to mimic reallife using genetic data

Rodrigo Megía-Palma CIBIO/InBIO – University of PortoRoad proximity affects reproductive investment in lizards: a two-years translocation experiment

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12:00 - 13:30 Lunch Break / Networking

13:30 - 14:30 Plenary Session II (Room Quercus)Fernanda Z. Teixeira GraduateProgram in Ecology / UFRGSChallenges and advances of road and railway ecology in LatinAmerica


14:45 - 16:15 Session 1.1.2. (Room Quercus)Full Presentations: Infrastructure Ecological Mitigation andDefragmentation – 2

Simone R. Freitas Universidade Federal do ABCDo roadkill of different species respond in the same way to habitatand matrix? The case of four Brazilian mammals

Dishane Hewavithana Abess Center for Ecosystem Science andPolicy, University of MiamiDo culverts contribute to reduce the number of roadkills? A study onroadkills along the Habarana-Polonnaruwa road, Sri Lanka

Dominique Verbelen NatuurpuntRisk analysis of high-voltage power lines in Belgium to map birdcollision-prone spans

Camiel Meijneken Programme manager MJPO, ProRailMaturity-index assessment: ecology adaptation within roadauthorities doesn’t come easy

Marleen Moelants Flemish Government, Agency for Roads andTrafficDeveloping an ecological defragmentation programme in Flanders: achallenge!

Fraser Shilling Road Ecology Center, Department of EnvironmentalScience & Policy, University of CaliforniaIs Connectivity Conservation via Wildlife Corridors/LinkagesSufficient?

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Friederike Trognitz AIT Austrian Institute of TechnologyControlInRoad: Controlling invasive alien plant species along roads

14:45 - 16:15 Session 2.1.2. (Room Arbutus)Workshop: Mitigating Railway impacts on wildlifeAndreas Seiler Swedish University of Agricultural

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14:45 - 19:00 Sessions 3.1.2. & 3.1.3. (Room Thymus)Side Event: LIFE SAFE CROSSING Seminar – Introduction to theWorkshop and Topics concerning Large Carnivores and Transport

Annette Mertens Agristudio SrlLIFE SAFE-CROSSING: the project overview

Djuro Huber Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, CroatiaLarge carnivores and transportation infrastructure: a review

Mario Fabrizio Majella National Park, ItalyPlanning measures to avoid Animal-Vehicle Collisions: the approachof the LIFE SAFE-CROSSING Project targeting the Apennine brownbear

Marcos López Junta de Andalucía. Agencia de Medio Ambiente yAgua de AndalucíaAdapting underpasses to be used as wildlife crossings: An action ofthe LIFE SAFE-CROSSING project to reduce large carnivore habitatfragmentation

Maria Psaralexi Department of Ecology, School of Biology, AristotleUniversity of ThessalonikiLIFE SAFE-CROSSING in Greece: Analysis and mapping of crossingstructures on the A29 and activities to enhance connectivity throughinterventions on underpasses and road sides

Laura Scillitani Ente Parco Nazionale d’Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise, ItalyIncreasing awareness to encourage the adoption of drivingbehaviour to reduce AVC risk: new approach applied at LIFE SAFE-CROSSING

(Coffee Break: 16:30 – 17:00)

Thematic discussion sessionSharing comments and potential networking actionsClosing

14:45 - 16:15 Session 4.1.2. (Room Cistus)Full Presentations: New Tools to Monitor Ecological Impacts ofLinear Infrastructures

Yann Abdallah SCIMABIO InterfaceEvaluating the impacts of highway mitigation measures for fishconnectivity using radio-telemetry and RFID PIT-tagging technologiesin France

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Neftalí Sillero Centro de Investigação em Ciências Geo-Espaciais,Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do PortoMonitoring the expansion of alien species along roads with remotesensing

Neftalí Sillero Universidade do PortoMobile mapping system (MMS2) for detecting Roadkills

Steve Bega Animex FencingImproving Wildlife Fencing for Herpetofauna to Ensure EffectiveImplementation: An Analysis of Global Mitigation Case Studies

Michal Bíl Transport Research Centre, Brno, Czech RepublicA simulation of WVC underreporting to hotspot spatial stability


Full Presentations: Wildlife and Linear Infrastructure Interactions:Field Monitoring and Ecological Solutions – 2

Juan E. Malo Terrestrial Ecology Group, Departamento de Ecología,Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de MadridRisky wandering close to the railway: flight behavior of birds acrossthe platform and viaducts in a high-speed railway

Karolina Jasińska Department of Forest Zoology and WildlifeManagement, Faculty of Forestry, Warsaw University of Life SciencesLinking habitat composition, local population densities and trafficcharacteristics to spatial patterns of ungulate-train collisions

Adriaan de Jong Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesAre railways really detrimental to bird populations? The case of thenew Bothnia Line Railway in northern Sweden

Ricardo C. Martins REN Biodiversity Chair, CIBIO/InBIO –Universidade do Porto / Instituto Superior de Agronomia –Universidade de LisboaBird mortality by collision with transmission power lines: analysis of15 years of impact assessment in Portugal

Joana Bernardino REN Biodiversity Chair, CIBIO/InBIO –Universidade do Porto / Instituto Superior de Agronomia –Universidade de LisboaEffects of linear infrastructures on the composition of localvertebrate scavenger guilds and bird carcass removal patterns in twoMediterranean agricultural landscapes

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Pinar Yilmazer International Union of Railways, FranceUIC Ecological Effects of Railways on Wildlife project (rEvERsE)


16:45 - 19:00 Session 1.1.3. (Room Quercus)

Poster Session: Innovative Solutions for Linear InfrastructureImpact Assessment, Mitigation and Monitoring

Célia Lhérondel Naturalia environnement, FranceWildlife crossing structures aid bats with a high-risk collision to crossthe road safely

Carlos Henrique de Freitas University Center of Araxá, Institute ofEnvironmental EngineeringUse of drainage pipes as underpasses by wild mammals in SoutheastBrazil

Edgar A. van der Grift Wageningen Environmental Research,Wageningen University and ResearchAre roads and railroads barriers for the moor frog?

Edgar A. van der Grift Wageningen Environmental Research,Wageningen University and ResearchEvaluating the effectiveness of a wildlife overpass in restoring geneflow in a slow worm population

Edgar A. van der Grift Wageningen Environmental Research,Wageningen University and ResearchUse of wildlife overpasses by roe deer: What are the effects ofhuman co-use?

Eloy Revilla Estación Biológica de Doñana CSICEstimating roadkill risk when there is no roadkill data

Fabien Claireau Naturalia EnvironnementComparative study between environmental DNA method andelectrical fishing method

Fernando Ascensão CIBIO/InBIO – Universidade do Porto / InstitutoSuperior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa / Department ofConservation Biology, Estación Biológica de DoñanagDefrag: a graph-based tool to prioritize linear infrastructuredefragmentation

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Frank Weihmann Austrian League for Nature Conservation StyriaA guidance system for amphibians made of recycled guardrails inKirchberg on the Raab (County Styria / Austria) – a successfulalternative

Fumihiro Hara Hokkaido Development Engineering CenterDevelopment of a Video Image Analysis System for ReducingOperation on Surveys of Wildlife Behavior

Jan Olof Helldin Swedish Biodiversity CentreEffectiveness of road and railway bridges for reindeer and wildlifemovements – an ongoing project

Jelle Vercauteren De Werkvennootschap, BelgiumOptimising the ring road of Europe’s capital: integratingenhancements in mobility, ecology and public involvement

Juan Carlos González-Vélez Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano /Programa de Ecología de las Carreteras e Infraestructura VerdePredicting wildlife collisions hotspots based on machine learning andGIS: A case study in a tropical dry forest area in Colombia

Julian Pichenot CeremaDesign and test of a semi-automated system based on time-lapsecamera trapping for the monitoring of wildlife overpass use byamphibians

Lien van Besien Government of Flanders, Department ofEnvironmentEcologically friendly erosion control

Ludovic Le Contellec AMETENThe NOTEE VA method

Martin A Hesselsoe NIRAS A/SLong-Term Monitoring of ecological Impacts from a Road Project inDenmark 2012-2020

Mats Lindqvist Swedish Transport AdministrationMitigation measures for wet grasslands, wader birds andamphibians along rail and road infrastructure in south west Sweden

Minoru Shimura Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, RailwayTechnical Research InstitutePrevention of Deer-train collisions by a deterrent sound

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16:45 - 19:00 Session 1.1.3. (Room Quercus)Poster Session: Challenges and Opportunities for Habitats Relatedto Linear Infrastructures

Jean-François Bretaud Cerema OuestEnabling wildlife to cross linear transport infrastructures - Examplesof infrastructure requalifications - Collection of 12 sheets

Jean-François Godeau Ecofirst s.c.r.l.Evidence of the positive impact vegetation management of powerlines corridors on habitats and species: feed-back of LIFE Elia-RTE inBelgium

Dominique Waddoup BirdShades Innovations GmbHNew approach to mitigate bird-window collisions

Mats Lindqvist Swedish Transport AdministrationHigh occurrence of pollinating insects on new ecoduct in westernSweden

Rory O'Connor UK Centre for Ecology & HydrologyEnhancing biodiversity on Great Britain’s railway network

Véronique Michaud Hydro-QuébecPower line rights-of-way and pollinators: A partnership to develop!

16:45 - 19:00 Session 1.1.3. (Room Quercus)Poster Session: Linear Infrastructure Ecology

Fabian Knufinke Institut für Wildbiologie und Jagdwirtschaft,Universität für Bodenkultur WienTemporal patterns of humans and ungulates at bridges - Co-existenceor disturbance?

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Sylvain Moulherat TerrOïkoQuantifying the individual impact of artificial barriers in freshwater:operationnal technology transfer of a standardized and absoluteindex of genetic connectivity to regulatory studies

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Federico Morelli Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty ofEnvironmental Sciences, Department of Applied Geoinformatics andSpatial PlanningBird species more frequently recorded in roadkill studies in Europe: Areview using a trait-based

Florian Heigl University of Natural Resources and Life SciencesModelling roadkill hazard zones for ten different vertebrate speciesin Austria using remote sensing data, expert knowledge and previousstudies

Joana Araújo Centre for Ecology, Evolution and EnvironmentalChangesRoads as a driver of changes in the bird community and disruptors ofEcosystem Services provision

Jordi Solina Ministry of Territory and Sustainability, Government ofCataloniaMeasures to favour the pollinators in environmental restoration

Lazaros Georgiadis Infrastructure and Ecology Network EuropeA Transport Ecology Workshop towards developing sustainabletransportation in national and international level in Myanmar

Mariana P. Fernandes Departamento de Biologia, Escola de Ciênciase Tecnologia / MED, Universidade de ÉvoraEvaluation of selected methods to control invasive species alongtransportation linear infrastructures: a preliminary approach

Maria Psaralexi Department of Ecology, School of Biology, AristotleUniversity of ThessalonikiA chronicle of brown bear-vehicle collisions in Greece

Rita Azedo Empresa de Desenvolvimento e Infraestruturas doAlqueva, S.A.Mitigation measures on Alqueva Irrigation Project canals

Teillagorry Manon Cerema Nord-PicardieMonitoring fauna in the road environment

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16:45 - 19:00 Session 1.1.3. (Room Quercus)Poster Session: Legislation and Policy

Claudia Rodrigues Road Agency (Rijkswaterstaat)Risk-based Conservation Plan of fauna passages

Fabien Claireau Naturalia Environnement / National Museum ofNatural History, FranceThe Impact on Bats of Traffic Infrastructure: Eurobats Guidance

17:00 - 18:30 Session 2.1.3. (Room Arbutus)Workshop: Advancing the Role of NGOs to Promote Wildlife-friendly InfrastructureRob Ament Center for Large Landscape Conservation / WesternTransportation Institute - Montana State University

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Wednesday, 13 January

09:00 - 10:00 Plenary Session III (Room Quercus)Francisco Moreira CIBIO / University of PortoBirds using (and abusing of) linear infrastructures: storks and powerlines


10:30 - 12:00 Session 1.2.1. (Room Quercus)Side Event: LIFE LINES Final Seminar – 1

António Mira MED / Conservation Biology Lab, Department ofBiology, Universidade de ÉvoraSeminar Openning

Nuno M. Pedroso MED / Universidade de ÉvoraLinear Infrastructure Networks with Ecological Solutions

Graça Garcia Infraestruturas de PortugalIP’s participation in LIFE LINES: Reducing fauna roadkills anddefragmenting habitats

João Paulo Silva CIBIO-InBIO – Universidade do PortoBustards and power lines in Portugal: an overview of research doneso far and its implications on impact assessment, mitigation andplanning

Lorenzo Quaglietta, CIBIO-InBIO – Universidade do Porto / InstitutoSuperior de Agronomia, Universidade de LisboaPredicting wildlife-vehicle collisions using movement simulationmodels with the novel software SiMRiv

Isabel Lico Agência Portuguesa do AmbienteLIFE, Biodiversity and Infrastructures

Marta Mattioli Marca – Associação de Desenvolvimento LocalImplementation of volunteer environmental programs

10:30 - 12:00 Session 2.2.1. (Room Arbutus)Workshop: Development of an Indicative EuropeanDefragmentation Map (IEDeM) as a contribution to preserveexisting national and international important Green Infrastructureparallel to linear infrastructure improvements within EuropeCindy Baierl & Marita Böttcher Kassel University, Department ofLandscape and Vegetation Ecology; Federal Nature ConservationAgency (BfN)

10:30 - 12:00 Session 3.2.1. (Room Thymus)Workshop: Workshop: An International Strategy and Action Planfor Stakeholders’ Engagement on Sustainable Transport and otherLinear InfrastructureLazaros Georgiadis Infrastructure and Ecology NetworkEurope

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10:30 - 12:00 Session 4.2.1. (Room Cistus)Full Presentations: Road Ecology: Impact Assessment, Mitigationand Monitoring – 1

Darryl Jones Environmental Futures Research Institute, GriffithUniversityMonitoring a mature ecoduct: Intensive camera surveillanceconfirms significant increase in crossing rates and diversity after 13years

Jasja Dekker Jasja Dekker Dierecologie, NetherlandsMitigating barn owl traffic victims using innovative design andcitizen science data

Xueping Chen China academy of transportation sciences, Ministry ofTransportation, ChinaDevelopment and Challenge of Green Highway Construction in China

Wendy Collinson Endangered Wildlife TrustProtecting the protected through assessing driver behaviour inprotected areas of South Africa

Clara Grilo Department of Biology, University Federal of Lavras /Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences of the University ofLisbon / Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, University ofAveiroRoadkill as a Threat to Global Mammal Conservation

10:30 - 12:00 Session 5.2.1. (Room Lavandula)Full Presentations: Green Infrastructure Networks: Policy andStrategic Planning

Volker Steege Federal Ministry of Transport and DigitalInfrastructure Unit WS 14 – “Climate Change, EnvironmentalProtection, Hydrology, Federal Institute of Hydrology“German’s federal waterways – A linear infrastructure network fornature and transport

Radu Mot Zarand AssociationDeveloping projects for harmonization of Green and GreyInfrastructure (the HARMON project experience in the DanubeRegion)

Yannick Autret French Ministry for an Ecological and SolidaryTransition - Directorate of Research and InnovationFrom technology to strategy: developments and perspectives ofresearch in infrastructure and ecosystems

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Hildegard Meyer WWF Central and Eastern EuropeThe SaveGREEN Project – Safeguarding the functionality oftransnationally important ecological corridors in the Danube basin

Thomas Impens Provinciaal Natuurcentrum LimburgMapping ecological corridors to educate policymakers and the public

Nirmal Bhagabati WWF USThe Corridor Map-a-Thon: crowdsourcing baseline spatial data andbuilding capacity to assess wildlife corridor disruption byinfrastructure


13:30 - 15:00 Session 1.2.2. (Room Quercus)Side Event: LIFE LINES Final Seminar – 2

Eduardo Ferreira MED / Conservation Biology Lab, Department ofBiology, Universidade de ÉvoraAssessing behaviour states in a forest carnivore in a road-dominatedlandscape with hidden Markov models

Tiago Pinto MED / Conservation Biology Lab, Department of Biology,Universidade de ÉvoraEffectiveness of amphibian mitigation measures to reduce roadkillsin low traffic roads

Rui Lourenço MED / Laboratório de Ornitologia, Universidade deÉvoraRoad effects on Tawny owls (Strix aluco): patterns in road-kills,abundance, population trend, and movements

Rita Alcazar Liga para a Protecção da Natureza / Centro de EducaçãoAmbiental do Vale GonçalinhoMinimization of electrocution risk in priority areas for the IberianImperial Eagle (Aquila adalberti)

Julieta Costa Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das AvesProtocols Avifauna – Joint efforts to mitigate bird mortality inpowerlines

Mariana P. Fernandes MED / Department of Biology, Universidadede ÉvoraCan power lines poles bases be used as habitat promotion?

13:30 - 15:30 Session 2.2.2. (Room Arbutus)Workshop: Helping tigers, rhinos, and elephants cross the road:wildlife friendly infrastructure measures in AsiaNilanga Jayasinghe WWF-US

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13:30 - 15:00 Session 3.2.2. (Room Thymus)Workshop: Planting and preservation of trees on dams and dykesas a part of green infrastructure: Conflicts – Solutions –ImplementationKatharina Dujesiefken BUND Mecklenburg-Vorpommern


Dror Denneboom Israel Institute of TechnologyFactors affecting usage rates of wildlife crossing structures – asystematic review and meta-analysis

Clara Grilo Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Faculdadede Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa / Transport Research Centre,Czech RepublicRoadkills in Europe: areas of high risk of collision and critical forpopulations persistence

Graça Garcia Infraestruturas de PortugalA national program to monitor fauna roadkills in Portugal

Andreas Seiler Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, GrimsöWildlife Research StationWildlife-vehicle accident maps – a new support tool for mitigationplanning and communication in Sweden

Svein Morten Eilertsen Norwegian Institute of BioeconomyResearchScary sounds as a tool to prevent moose – train collisions in Norwayand Sweden

Fernando Ascensão CIBIO/InBIO – Universidade do Porto / InstitutoSuperior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa / Department ofConservation Biology, Estación Biológica de DoñanaRoads as overlooked drivers of change in bird communities

13:30 - 15:00 Session 5.2.2. (Room Lavandula)Full Presentations: Citizen Science and the Involvement of CivilSociety – 1

Pablo Quiles Tudidor Departamento de Biodiversidad, Ecología yEvolución, Complutense University of MadridAre large scale citizen science data precise enough to determineroad-kill patterns?

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Wendy Collinson Endangered Wildlife TrustUsing citizen science to survey roadkill at wide spatio-temporalscales

Amy Williams Schwartz Cardiff School of Biosciences, The Sir MartinEvans Building, Museum AvenueUsing citizen science to uncover temporal patterns of wildlife roadkillin the UK

Lucía Jalón Oyarzun École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneIntegration of sensory qualities in landscape modelling and its effecton infrastructural resilience


15:30 - 19:00 IENE General Assembly (Room Quercus)

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Thursday, 14 January

09:00 - 10:00 Plenary Session IV (Room Quercus)Jakub Wejchert DG Environment, European CommissionThe EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030 - Perspectives and Implications


10:30 - 12:00 Session 1.3.1. (Room Quercus)Full Presentations: Infrastructure Mitigation and Defragmentation

Lourens Leeuwner Eskom / Endangered Wildlife Trust StrategicpartnershipEskom/Endangered Wildlife Trust partnership 1996 – 2020, 24 yearsof partnering together to reduce impacts on business and onbiodiversity

Ana Teresa Marques Centre for Ecology, Evolution andEnvironmental, FCUL University of Lisbon / CIBIO-InBIO –Universidade do PortoBuilding an electrocution risk map with overhead power lines for acritically endangered raptor in Portugal

Lourenço Falcao Universidad Autónoma de MadridEffectiveness of an anti-bird strike tubular screen in a high-speedrailway

Dorothée Labarraque Egis Structures & EnvironnementExperimental evaluation of crossing structures used by amphibiansalong a high-speed railway line

Joanna Żyłkowska NEEL Ltd.Acoustic Animal Deterring Device as a mitigation measure to limitcollisions of rail vehicles with wild animals

10:30 - 12:00 Session 2.3.1. (Room Arbutus)Workshop: Wildlife and Traffic Handbook Update: towardsEuropean standards for fauna passages and fencingCarme Rosell Minuartia

10:30 - 12:00 Session 3.3.1. (Room Thymus)Workshop: GLOBAL CONGRESS: Linear Infrastructure andEnvironment (GCLIE): A platform to enhance cooperation andcoordinated action between the existing continental conferenceson ecology and infrastructureWendy Collinson Endangered Wildlife TrustFraser Shilling Road Ecology Center, University of California

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10:30 - 12:00 Session 4.3.1. (Room Cistus)Full Presentations: Infrastructure Ecological Mitigation andDefragmentation – 3

Vanessa Gorecki School of Biology and Environmental Science,Queensland University of TechnologyThe use of culverts in road networks as roost sites to maintainlandscape connectivity for a trawling bat: a case study of the large-footed myotis (Myotis macropus) in Australia

Akanksha Saxena Wildlife Institute of IndiaRoad effect zones of major prey species in roaded landscapes in India

Somoyita Sur Research Scholar, Department of Zoology, AnimalEcology and Wildlife Biology laboratory, Gauhati UniversitySpeed thrills but kills: Roadkill scenario in National Highway 715(new) passing through the Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India

Andrius Kučas Nature Research CentreGraph-based multi-attribute decision making: Impact of barriers onecological network

Jaanus Remm OÜ RewildMulti-level landscape analysis of wildlife vehicle collision sites inEstonia


Full Presentations: Managing Biodiversity along Road Verges

Marguerite Trocmé Swiss Federal Road OfficeIntegrating the ecological quality of highway verges in the roadassets: a new evaluation tool

Mariana P. Fernandes MED / Departamento de Biologia, Escola deCiências e Tecnologia, Universidade de ÉvoraTesting wild plants seed mixtures along grey infrastructures

Francesco Valerio CIBIO--UÉ / MED – Universidade de ÉvoraUsing remote-sensing to map suitable road verges for a rare smallmammal, the Cabrera vole (Microtus cabrerae)

Noreen Khalid Department of Botany, Govt. College WomenUniversityHow roadside belts can be managed for a sustainable environment?

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Khursid Alam Khan Wildlife Institute of India / Department ofWildlife Sciences, Aligarh Muslim UniversityRoad Ecology, Challenges and Mitigation: A case study from AboharWildlife Sanctuary, Fazilka, Punjab, India

Mats Lindqvist Swedish Transport AdministrationResults of the management on biodiversity along species richroadsides in Sweden


13:30 - 15:00 Session 1.3.2. (Room Quercus)Full Presentations: New Tools and Technologies to Prevent andMonitor Linear Infrastructure Impacts – 1

Ivo Dostál Transport Research Centre, Brno, Czech Republic /Constantine the Philosopher University, Faculty of Natural Sciences,Dept. Of Ecology & Environmental ScienceThe conflict points between green and transport infrastructure–methodology for the multicriterial assessment

Julien Ricard SecuraxisAutomatic acoustic monitoring of wildlife

Silviu Petrovan University of CambridgeUsing evidence-based approaches and evidence customization toimprove mitigation practice

Sylvain Moulherat TerrOïkoBioBIM – Biodiversity, BIM & Infrastructures

Hildegard Meyer WWF Central and Eastern EuropeThe TRANSGREEN Project – Integrated Transport and GreenInfrastructure Planning in the Danube-Carpathian Region for theBenefit of People and Nature – a cross-sectoral contribution to theimprovement of permeability of linear infrastructure in theCarpathians

Shannon Crossen ICFICF Ecosystem Connectivity Planning Tool: A Web-based ToolIdentifying Opportunities for Improved Ecosystem Connectivity

13:30 - 15:00 Session 2.3.2. (Room Arbutus)Workshop: Infrastructure, Biodiversity and HealthWendy Collinson Endangered Wildlife TrustFraser Shilling Road Ecology Center, University ofCalifornia

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Edgar A. van der Grift Wageningen Environmental Research,Wageningen University and ResearchA green light for blue wildlife reflectors?

Marleen Moelants Flemish government, Agency for Roads andTrafficEvaluation of an Animal Detection System (ADS) as an alternative forlarge defragmentation infrastructures

Denis Medinas CIBIO-InBIO / Conservation Biology Lab, Departmentof Biology, University of ÉvoraHit the road Jane! Roads decrease the relatedness for females lesserhorseshoe bats

Maria Psaralexi Department of Ecology, School of Biology, AristotleUniversity of ThessalonikiMapping and monitoring large mammal underpasses on motorwayA29

Victor Loehr Dutch National Roads Agency RijkswaterstaatThe value of a non-scientific approach for road agencies

Annette Mertens Agristudio SrlLIFE SAFE-CROSSING: A new international project for preventinglarge carnivore road mortality in Europe

13:30 - 17:00 Sessions 3.3.2. & 3.3.3. (Room Thymus)Workshop: Road sides as ecological traps – challenges andsolutions: changed biotic interactions due to non-native seedmixtures and invasive alien plantsJohannes Kollmann Technical University of Munich / NorwegianInstitute of Bioeconomy Research(Coffee Break: 15:00 - 15:30)

13:30 - 15:00 Session 5.3.2. (Room Lavandula)Full Presentations: Infrastructure Ecological Mitigation andDefragmentation – 4

Dorothée Labarraque EGIS groupEcological efficiency of an eco-bridge: Lessons from the Adrets-de-L’Esterel eco-bridge on the A8 Highway (Southeast of France)

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Svenja B. Kroeger The Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy ResearchImportance of roadside habitats for biodiversity: what do we know?

Brigitte Sladek ASFINAG Bau Management GmbHMonitoring of green bridges in Austria

Jan Olof Helldin Swedish Biodiversity CentreThe SLOSS dilemma of road ecology – Single Large Or Several Smallfauna passages?

Rafael Barrientos Departamento de Biodiversidad, Ecología yEvolución, Universidad Complutense de MadridTowards next level in Road Ecology: from counting road-kills toassessing population impacts


15:30 - 17:00 Session 1.3.3. (Room Quercus)Full Presentations: Roads and Mammals: Ecological Impacts andSolutions

Marcel Huijser Western Transportation InstituteEffectiveness of wildlife fences in reducing Key deer road mortality onthe Florida Keys, USA; the importance of implementing mitigationmeasures at the appropriate spatial scale

João Craveiro CIBIO-UÉvora / Conservation Biology Unit,Department of Biology, University of ÉvoraDry pathways and flowing water within culverts jointly promotecrossings by carnivore mammals

Fernando Ascensão CIBIO-InBIO – Universidade do Porto /Department of Conservation Biology, Estación Biológica de DoñanaWhy, When and How Giant Anteaters Cross Roads? UnderstandingImpacts and Effects of Roads on Giant Anteater Populations

Fiona Mathews University of SussexNew approaches to avoiding and mitigating the effects ofstreetlighting on bats

Ricardo Pita MED / Conservation Biology Lab, Universidade de ÉvoraEffects of roads on European badger occurrence inintensively used Mediterranean farmland

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15:30 - 16:00 Session 2.3.3a. (Room Arbutus)Lightning Talks: New Tools to Mitigate and Monitor EcologicalImpacts of Roads

Dishane Hewavithana Abess Center for Ecosystem Science andPolicy, University of MiamiMaking the road more permeable to wildlife using existinginfrastructure

Victor Javier Colino-Rabanal Dept. of Animal Biology, Faculties ofBiology and Environmental Science, University of SalamancaNew real-time mitigation measures based on animal-vehicle collisionspatio-temporal models

Jonathan Jumeau Université de Strasbourg, CNRS / ConseilDépartemental du Bas-Rhin / Université de Rennes, CNRSDaily, Annual and interannual variations of wildlife underpasses useby small and medium-sized mammals: a study case in theagricultural plain of the Bas-Rhin, France

Jonathan Jumeau Université de Strasbourg, CNRS / ConseilDépartemental du Bas-Rhin / Université de Rennes, CNRSA comparison of camera trap and permanent recording videocamera efficiency in wildlife underpasses

Fabien Claireau Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de laConservation, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Centre Nationalde la Recherche Scientifique, Sorbonne Université / Zoology Instituteand Museum, University of Greifswald / Naturalia environnementBat Overpasses as a Solution to Increase Habitat ConnectivityDepending on the Context

16:00 - 16:30 Session 2.3.3b. (Room Arbutus)Lightning Talks: Infrastructure Ecological Mitigation andRestoration – 2

Thomas Schuh ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG (Austrian Federal Railways –Infrastructure)From dumpsite to nature sanctuary

Emma Håkansson University of GothenburgCondition of amphibian road mitigation constructionsin Sweden

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Anders Sjölund Swedish Transport AdministrationSpecies-rich Energy production

Reynaldo Linares-Palomino Smithsonian National Zoo andConservation Biology InstituteA dynamic restoration index to monitor and assess fragmentationreduction along a trans-Andean pipeline

15:30 - 17:00 Session 4.3.3. (Room Cistus)Full Presentations: Challenges and Opportunities for BiodiversityConservation in Linear Infrastructures

Hans Martin Hanslin Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy ResearchHow do roads affect the ecological processes and biodiversity? –summing up a systematic literature review for the decade 2008-2018

Simone Freitas Universidade Federal do ABCThe Brazilian Network of Transport Ecology Specialists (REET Brasil)

Lisa Garnier RTECreating high voltage power lines green corridors: how todemonstrate a win-win strategy?

Václav Hlaváč Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech RepublicProtection of birds on power lines in the Czech Republic – frommonitoring to practical measures

Magnus Stenmark Calluna ABAssessing Biodiversity in Railway Dry Grassland Patches

Stefan Kornhuber University of applied science ZittauDetermination of the bird protection effectiveness of animaldeflectors on railway overhead lines

15:30 - 17:00 Session 5.3.3. (Room Lavandula)Full Presentations: Road Ecology: Impact Assessment, Mitigationand Monitoring – 4

Juan C. González-Vélez Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano /Programa de Ecología de las Carreteras e Infraestructura Verde,ColombiaWildlife hotspots prediction with artificial intelligencealgorithms, geographic information systems and

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Jochen Jaeger Concordia University Montreal, Department ofGeography, Planning and EnvironmentA simple analytical model for predicting the fence-end effect and theminimum length for wildlife fencing to be effective

Stefano Re Politecnico di TorinoPrioritizing road sections for wildlife fencing: Including the fence-endeffect

Fraser Shilling Road Ecology Center, Department of EnvironmentalScience & Policy, University of CaliforniaStandardized WVC Data Collection at Large Extents

Antonin Conan Université de Strasbourg / CNRS / ConseilDépartemental du Bas-RhinRoad mortality mitigation measures: concrete fence for amphibians

Tremaine Gregory Center for Conservation and Sustainability,Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology InstituteCanopy bridges: Innovative mitigation solutions for arborealmammals


17:15 - 17:45 Session 1.3.4a. (Room Quercus)Lightning Talks: Managing Infrastructure Marginal Habitats forBiodiversity

Denis François IFSTTARDeveloping road verges' hosting capacity for wild bees: why and how

Erik Öckinger Department of Ecology, Swedish University ofAgricultural SciencesMoving on the verge: effects of traffic intensity and quality of theroad verge on the movement of pollinating insects

Erik Öckinger Department of Ecology, Swedish University ofAgricultural SciencesBoth roads and power line corridors contribute to landscape scalebiodiversity of plants and insects

Denis François IFSTTARFeasibility of local partnerships for a more biodiversity-friendlymanagement of linear infrastructure right-of-ways

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16:45 - 18:15 Session 2.3.4. (Room Arbutus)Workshop: Corridors and Crossings: “Guidance for ConnectivityConservation Impacted by Linear Transportation”Rob Ament The Center for Large Landscape Conservation / MontanaState University Western Transportation Institute

17:15 - 17:45 Session 4.3.4a. (Room Cistus)Lightning Talks: Roadkills impact assessment. Mitigation andmonitoringJoana Bernardino Universidade do Porto / Instituto Superior deAgronomia da Universidade de LisboaAssessing the relative effect of road- and carcass-related factors onsearcher efficiency: Implications for future roadkill monitoringprogrames

Juan C. González-Vélez Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano / PECIV– Programa de Ecología de las Carreteras e Infraestructura VerdeEvaluation of the impact of road infrastructure on vertebratemortality and possible measures for ecological connectivity in thelandscape in the Aburra Valley, Colombia

Simone Freitas Universidade Federal do ABCThe most roadkilled mammal species in Brazil, considering samplingeffort, detectability and removal rates

Rafaela Cerqueira Universidade Federal de LavrasAre movement corridors coincident with areas of high road-killlikelihood? A study for felids in Brazil

Michal Bíl CDV – Transport Research CentreA clustering analysis should precede the identification of localfactors: an evidence based on the Czech WVC data

17:15 - 17:45 Session 5.3.4a. (Room Lavandula)Lightning Talks: New Tools and Technologies to Prevent andMonitor Linear Infrastructure Impacts – 2

Ana E. Santamaría Terrestrial Ecology Group, Departamento deEcología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de MadridIs field technician’s work under threat? Video-recoding vs. traditionalobservation for monitoring flight behaviour of birds across a high-speed railway

Lourens Leeuwner Endangered Wildlife Trust, Wildlife and EnergyProgrammeAn analysis of Vulture mortalities on powerlines in South Africa from1996 – 2018

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Jethro Gauld School of Environmental Sciences, University of EastAngliaHotspots in the Grid: The Spatial Distribution of Bird-EnergyInteractions in Europe and North Africa

Dorothée Labarraque EGIS groupUsing drones to track nest occupancy

Fraser Shilling Road Ecology Center, Department of EnvironmentalScience & Policy, University of CaliforniaArtificial Intelligence-Based Detection of (no-)Animals in CameraTrap Images

17:45 - 18:15 Session 1.3.4b. (Room Quercus)Lightning Talks: Managing and Monitoring Ecological Impacts ofLinear Infrastructures

Marcus Elfström EnviroPlanning AB / Norwegian University of LifeSciences, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural ResourceManagementEnvironmental monitoring of reptiles across a wildlife overpass

Larissa D. Biasotto Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia,Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul / Núcleo de Ecologia deRodovias e Ferrovias, Departament of Ecology, Universidade Federaldo Rio Grande do SulRisk of bird electrocution in powerlines: a framework for prioritizingspecies and areas for conservation and impact mitigation

Sophie Lauwaars Ministry of Infrastructure and Watermanagement,the NetherlandsThe Afsluitdijk, an important ecological connection

Andrius Kučas Nature Research Centre, LithuaniaHow well fences work?

Katharina Dujesiefken BUND Mecklenburg-VorpommernGreen and blue infrastructure: How trees can accompany our riversand canals Conflicts - Solutions – Implementation

17:45 - 18:15 Session 4.3.4b. (Room Cistus)Lightning Talks: Wildlife and Linear Infrastructure Interactions:Field Monitoring and Ecological Solutions – 3

Thomas Schuh ÖBB Infrastruktur AGBirdprotection on railways

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Bibiana Terra Dasoler Núcleo de Ecologia de Rodovias e Ferrovias,Departament of Ecology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulThe need to consider searcher efficiency and carcass persistence inrailway wildlife fatality studies

Dishane Hewavithana Abess Center for Ecosystem Science andPolicy, University of MiamiLevel and spatial scale of impact from different linear developmenttypes

Manisha Bhardwaj Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesShedding a Light on Sensory Pollution in Road and Railway Ecology

17:45 - 18:15 Session 5.3.4b. (Room Lavandula)Lightning Talks: Citizen Science and the Involvement of Civil Society– 2

Silviu Petrovan University of CambridgeValidity of road-based data collected by volunteers for wildlifepopulation monitoring

Fiona Mathews University of Sussex, John Maynard Smith Building /The Mammal Society, UKIdentifying risk areas for hedgehog road collisions using citizenscience data

Amanda Sjölund ÅkeröskolaA vision of a sustainable infrastructure by 2050 in different countries

18:15 - 18:45 Closing Remarks (Room Quercus)

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