Abstract:∙ Transport by road is the main mechanism for integrating Brazil, but roads are drivers of land cover conversion, fragmentation, and direct mortality by wildlife-vehicle collisions. In Aquidauana, BR419 and MS170 are important unpaved roads into the rural Pantanal region, and improvement and paving has been planned for BR419, which may increase risks to local avifauna. The aim of this study was to assess the species composition and richness of conspicuous avifauna (defined as being easily quantifiable using ro… Show more
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