Impacts of roads and linear clearings on tropical forests.

By W. Laurance, M. Goosem, S. Laurance. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2009

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Global patterns of agricultural land‐use intensity and vertebrate diversity (2015, background): “, 2012) and increased hunting due to access from new road construction (Laurance et al., 2009).”
Do timber plantations contribute to forest conservation (2016, background): “logging roads on these causes (Laurance et al., 2009).”
Trio under threat: can we secure the future of rhinos, elephants and tigers in Malaysia? (2010, background): “Infrastructure development such as the construction of roads is known to have several deleterious effects on mammals in the tropics (Laurance et al. 2009).”