caa a22 4500 605527121 CHVBK 20210128100806.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10531-014-0831-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10531-014-0831-2 Effects of roads on insects: a review [Elektronische Daten] [Pilar Muñoz, Felipe Torres, Adela Megías] In the last few decades, mounting evidence points to a negative impact of roads on several groups of animals. Most studies on the effects of roads on animal populations concentrate on vertebrates, and only a few on insects. It is difficult to determine the real effects of roads on insects due to the variety of methods used. We review recent literature examining the ecological impact of roads on insects. The objectives of our synthesis are to gain insight into the effects of the construction and operation of a road on insect groups, and to determine the gaps of knowledge. We found that roads negatively affect the abundance and diversity of insects due to two main factors: (1) the high mortality of some groups when crossing the road, with more impact at higher traffic volumes. (2) The unwillingness of many species to cross a road or live close to it. Roads are major barriers for small or flightless species, although the response varied for flying species. Finally, both experimental and observational evidence support the idea that air pollutants and de-icing salt used for the road maintenance negatively affect insects. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2014 Road mortality nationallicence Insects nationallicence Traffic volume nationallicence Habitat fragmentation nationallicence Muñoz Pilar Departamento de Biología Animal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain aut Torres Felipe Departamento de Biología Animal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain aut Megías Adela Departamento de Biología Animal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain aut Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/3(2015-03-01), 659-682 0960-3115 24:3<659 2015 24 10531 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-014-0831-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 review-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-014-0831-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Muñoz Pilar Departamento de Biología Animal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Torres Felipe Departamento de Biología Animal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Megías Adela Departamento de Biología Animal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/3(2015-03-01), 659-682 0960-3115 24:3<659 2015 24 10531