Spatial–temporal patterns in mediterranean carnivore road casualties: consequences for mitigation.

Many carnivores have been seriously impacted by the expansion of transportation systems and networks; however we know little about carnivore response to the extent and magnitude of road mortality, or which age classes may be disproportionately impacted. Recent research has demonstrated that wildlife–vehicle-collisions (WVC) involving carnivores are modulated by temporal and spatial factors. Thus, we investigated road mortality on a guild of small and medium-sized carnivores in southern Portugal using road-kill data obtained from a systematic 36 months monitoring period along highways (260 km) and national roads (314 km) by addressing the following questions: (a) which species and age class are most vulnerable to WVC? (b) are there temporal and/or spatial patterns in road-kill? and (c) which life-history and/or spatial factors influence the likelihood of collisions? We recorded a total of 806 carnivore …

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Grilo C. Bissonette J.A. y Santos-Reis M. Spatial–temporal patterns in mediterranean carnivore road casualties: consequences for mitigation. Elsevier, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2008.10.026

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