铁路对野生动物生态影响的分析与展望

Ecological Effects of Railways on Wildlife

相比公路人们对铁路给野生动物造成的生态影响知之甚少。本文系统论述了国内外铁路和火车对野生动物的负面影响,并归纳了减少和减轻这些影响的方法。尽管公路与铁路对野生动物带来的生态效应较为相似,研究方法也可以互相借鉴,但在某些特殊情况下,未来的铁路生态学研究仍需要研发新的方法和技术。

Compared to roads,relatively little is known about the ecological effects of railways on wildlife.Railways and trains can negatively affect wildlife and the environment in ways similar to roads and vehicles(including wildlife mortality,habitat loss and fragmentation),but the degree of these impacts may differ.Furthermore,any of the solutions developed for roads can probably be applied successfully to railways,but in some cases,new approaches and technologies are needed in future.