Road and eco-corridor conflict mitigation through multi-species wildlife crossings around national park

Road network expansion is a key factor driving fragmentation of wildlife habitats and threatening the biodiversity of national parks. Ecological corridors identification and wildlife crossing site selection based on MaxEnt and MCR model are an innovative pathway to coordinate the conflict. Taking Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park and its circle road as a case, 145 ecological habitat sources of terrestrial, arboreal and amphibious reptile animals were identified, 298 ecological corridors were simulated using Linkage Mapper, and 585 conflict points between road and ecological corridor are identified with verification. Based on distance thresholds and species-specific behaviors, 274 wildlife crossing sites of terrestrial, arboreal and amphibian crossing were laid out along road with 1.7 km spacing, and 4 kind of wildlife crossing were designed according to animal habits. This study provides a theoretical framework for the combination of transportation network with ecological protection with wildlife crossings to improve the biodiversity of nature reserves.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2026.105235
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1361920926000283
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• Authors:
  • Peng, Yuting
  • Zhang, Hongwei
  • Zhu, Gaoru
  • 0000-0002-2513-0405
  • Yang, Xing
  • Zhao, Xueyan
  • Liang, Huaping
• Publication Date: 2026-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: 105235
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
  • Volume: 153
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1361-9209
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13619209

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Habitat; Highway corridors; National parks; Wildlife crossings
• Geographic Terms: China
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01981337
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 26 2026 11:55AM