title: Border Security Fencing and Wildlife: The End of the Transboundary Paradigm in Eurasia?
abstract: The ongoing refugee crisis in Europe has seen many countries rush to construct border security fencing to divert or control the flow of people. This follows a trend of border fence construction across Eurasia during the post-9/11 era. This development has gone largely unnoticed by conservation biologists during an era in which, ironically, transboundary cooperation has emerged as a conservation paradigm. These fences represent a major threat to wildlife because they can cause mortality, obstruct access to seasonally important resources, and reduce effective population size. We summarise the extent of the issue and propose concrete mitigation measures.
authors.affiliation: Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Trondheim, Norway.
authors.forename: John D C
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Linnell
authors.affiliation: Tilburg University, Tilburg Law School, Department of European and International Law, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Arie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trouwborst
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Rome "La Sapienza," Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Luigi
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authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (Vetmeduni Vienna), Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Petra
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authors.lastname: Kaczensky
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Djuro
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-3912-3812
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authors.lastname: Huber
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Slaven
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-8110-384X
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authors.lastname: Reljic
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Josip
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authors.lastname: Kusak
authors.affiliation: University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-3013-008X
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Majic
authors.affiliation: University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Tomaz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Skrbinsek
authors.affiliation: University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Hubert
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-8189-1057
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Potocnik
authors.affiliation: Schools of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Matt W
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-5574-1653
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Hayward
authors.affiliation: Biodiversity Institute Oxford, Department of Zoology, The Tinbergen Building, Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: E J
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0324-2710
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Milner-Gulland
authors.affiliation: Wildlife Conservation Society, Mongolia Program, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
authors.forename: Bayarbaatar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Buuveibaatar
authors.affiliation: Wildlife Conservation Society, Mongolia Program, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
authors.forename: Kirk A
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-2543-3414
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Olson
authors.affiliation: Institute of General and Experimental Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
authors.forename: Lkhagvasuren
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-3938-4040
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Badamjav
authors.affiliation: Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, Ås, Norway.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bischof
authors.affiliation: Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan (ACBK), Astana, Kazakhstan.
authors.forename: Steffen
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-8597-4482
authors.initials: S
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authors.affiliation: KORA, Muri bei Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Urs
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Breitenmoser
mesh_terms: D000346:Afghanistan / Q000208:ethnology; D000352:Africa, Northern / Q000208:ethnology; D025041:Animal Migration / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000502:physiology*; D001208:Asia; D002681:China; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D005060:Europe; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D007493:Iraq / Q000208:ethnology; D008986:Mongolia; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012036:Refugees; D012621:Seasons; D013593:Syria / Q000208:ethnology