The distribution of vertebrate roadkill varies by season, surrounding environment, and animal class

[EN] Due to rapid human expansion in the last century, wildlife roadkill is becoming a concerning threat to biodiversity and human safety. The frequency of roadkill events depends on factors related to specific traits of the road—tortuosity or the presence of fences, among others—and the animal ecol...

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Autores: Arca Rubio, Jesús, Moreno Rueda, Gregorio, Ortega Diago, Zaida
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de León
Repositorio:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
OAI Identifier:oai:buleria.unileon.es:10612/25092
Acceso en línea:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10344-023-01669-z
https://hdl.handle.net/10612/25092
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Biología
Zoología
Animal-vehicle collisions
Road ecology
Wildlife management
Mammals
Roadkill mortality
2401.02 Comportamiento Animal
2401.06 Ecología Animal
2401.23 Vertebrados
3105.12 Ordenación y Conservación de la Fauna Silvestre
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spelling The distribution of vertebrate roadkill varies by season, surrounding environment, and animal classArca Rubio, JesúsMoreno Rueda, GregorioOrtega Diago, ZaidaBiologíaZoologíaAnimal-vehicle collisionsRoad ecologyWildlife managementMammalsRoadkill mortality2401.02 Comportamiento Animal2401.06 Ecología Animal2401.23 Vertebrados3105.12 Ordenación y Conservación de la Fauna Silvestre[EN] Due to rapid human expansion in the last century, wildlife roadkill is becoming a concerning threat to biodiversity and human safety. The frequency of roadkill events depends on factors related to specific traits of the road—tortuosity or the presence of fences, among others—and the animal ecology—such as activity patterns, reproductive season, or thermoregulation. These, in turn, are related to environmental factors, with seasonal variations. Here, we assessed roadkill mortality of terrestrial vertebrates over the year. To do this, we sampled 10 road sections (of 3 km, by walk) in the south of Spain for a full year, registering the carcasses of run-over vertebrates. Then, we analysed the spatiotemporal patterns of roadkill events for the four vertebrates’ classes and the effects of road traits (presence of fence, tortuosity, distance to water point) and environmental variables (mean temperature and precipitation). Mammals suffered the highest mortality by roadkill (45.72%). The frequency of collisions was independent of tortuosity, presence of fences, and precipitation, while mean temperature significantly increased the probability of collision of mammals, birds, and reptiles. There was a seasonal effect in the number of collisions, which spatial pattern depended on the class of vertebrates. All this leads us to conclude that, to reduce the impact caused by roadkill mortality on wildlife, we need specific measures to be taken timely in each critical place and for each vertebrate groupSIFunding for open access publishing: Universidad de Granada/CBUA (Consorcio de Bibliotecas Universitarias de Andalucía). Zaida Ortega was funded by a postdoctoral talent-attraction contract from the Junta de Andalucía, co-funded with European Commission fundsSpringerZoologiaFacultad de Ciencias Biologicas y Ambientales2023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10344-023-01669-zhttps://hdl.handle.net/10612/25092reponame:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Leóninstname:Universidad de LeónIngléshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:buleria.unileon.es:10612/250922026-06-24T12:43:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The distribution of vertebrate roadkill varies by season, surrounding environment, and animal class
title The distribution of vertebrate roadkill varies by season, surrounding environment, and animal class
spellingShingle The distribution of vertebrate roadkill varies by season, surrounding environment, and animal class
Arca Rubio, Jesús
Biología
Zoología
Animal-vehicle collisions
Road ecology
Wildlife management
Mammals
Roadkill mortality
2401.02 Comportamiento Animal
2401.06 Ecología Animal
2401.23 Vertebrados
3105.12 Ordenación y Conservación de la Fauna Silvestre
title_short The distribution of vertebrate roadkill varies by season, surrounding environment, and animal class
title_full The distribution of vertebrate roadkill varies by season, surrounding environment, and animal class
title_fullStr The distribution of vertebrate roadkill varies by season, surrounding environment, and animal class
title_full_unstemmed The distribution of vertebrate roadkill varies by season, surrounding environment, and animal class
title_sort The distribution of vertebrate roadkill varies by season, surrounding environment, and animal class
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Arca Rubio, Jesús
Moreno Rueda, Gregorio
Ortega Diago, Zaida
author Arca Rubio, Jesús
author_facet Arca Rubio, Jesús
Moreno Rueda, Gregorio
Ortega Diago, Zaida
author_role author
author2 Moreno Rueda, Gregorio
Ortega Diago, Zaida
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Zoologia
Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas y Ambientales
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Biología
Zoología
Animal-vehicle collisions
Road ecology
Wildlife management
Mammals
Roadkill mortality
2401.02 Comportamiento Animal
2401.06 Ecología Animal
2401.23 Vertebrados
3105.12 Ordenación y Conservación de la Fauna Silvestre
topic Biología
Zoología
Animal-vehicle collisions
Road ecology
Wildlife management
Mammals
Roadkill mortality
2401.02 Comportamiento Animal
2401.06 Ecología Animal
2401.23 Vertebrados
3105.12 Ordenación y Conservación de la Fauna Silvestre
description [EN] Due to rapid human expansion in the last century, wildlife roadkill is becoming a concerning threat to biodiversity and human safety. The frequency of roadkill events depends on factors related to specific traits of the road—tortuosity or the presence of fences, among others—and the animal ecology—such as activity patterns, reproductive season, or thermoregulation. These, in turn, are related to environmental factors, with seasonal variations. Here, we assessed roadkill mortality of terrestrial vertebrates over the year. To do this, we sampled 10 road sections (of 3 km, by walk) in the south of Spain for a full year, registering the carcasses of run-over vertebrates. Then, we analysed the spatiotemporal patterns of roadkill events for the four vertebrates’ classes and the effects of road traits (presence of fence, tortuosity, distance to water point) and environmental variables (mean temperature and precipitation). Mammals suffered the highest mortality by roadkill (45.72%). The frequency of collisions was independent of tortuosity, presence of fences, and precipitation, while mean temperature significantly increased the probability of collision of mammals, birds, and reptiles. There was a seasonal effect in the number of collisions, which spatial pattern depended on the class of vertebrates. All this leads us to conclude that, to reduce the impact caused by roadkill mortality on wildlife, we need specific measures to be taken timely in each critical place and for each vertebrate group
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