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Title:COVID-19 related travel restrictions prevented numerous wildlife deaths on roads : ǂa ǂcomparative analysis of results from 11 countries
Authors:ID Bíl, Michal (Author)
ID Andrášik, Richard (Author)
ID Cícha, Vojtěch (Author)
ID Arnon, Amir (Author)
ID Kruuse, Maris (Author)
ID Langbein, Jochen (Author)
ID Náhlik, András (Author)
ID Niemig, Milla (Author)
ID Pokorny, Boštjan (Author)
ID Colino-Rabanal, Victor J. (Author)
ID Rolandsen, Christer M. (Author)
ID Seiler, Andreas (Author)
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URL URL - Source URL, visit https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109076
 
Language:English
Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:Logo SciVie - Slovenian Forestry Institute
Abstract:Millions of wild animals are killed annually on roads worldwide. During spring 2020, the volume of road traffic was reduced globally as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. We gathered data on wildlife-vehicle collisions (WVC) from Czechia, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Israel, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and for Scotland and England within the United Kingdom. In all studied countries WVC statistics tend to be dominated by large mammals (various deer species and wild boar), while information on smaller mammals as well as birds are less well recorded. The expected number of WVC for 2020 was predicted on the basis of 2015%2019 WVC time series representing expected WVC numbers under normal traffic conditions. Then, the forecasted and reported WVC data were compared. The results indicate varying levels of WVC decrease between countries during the COVID-19 related traffic flow reduction (CRTR). While no significant change was determined in Sweden, where the state-wide response to COVID-19 was the least intensive, a decrease as marked as 37.4% was identified in Estonia. The greatest WVC decrease, more than 40%, was determined during the first weeks of CRTR for Estonia, Spain, Israel, and Czechia. Measures taken during spring 2020 allowed the survival of large numbers of wild animals which would have been killed under normal traffic conditions. The significant effects of even just a few weeks of reduced traffic, help to highlight the negative impacts of roads on wildlife mortality and the need to boost global efforts of wildlife conservation, including systematic gathering of roadkill data.
Keywords:wildlife-vehicle collisions, wildlife crash reporting systems, traffic flow, ungulates, mesocarnivores, COVID-19 lockdown
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Version of Record
Year of publishing:2021
Number of pages:6 str.
Numbering:Vol. 256, article 109076
PID:20.500.12556/DiRROS-14689 New window
UDC:630*-15
ISSN on article:0006-3207
DOI:10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109076 New window
COBISS.SI-ID:58008835 New window
Publication date in DiRROS:03.01.2022
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Record is a part of a journal

Title:Biological Conservation
Shortened title:Biol. Conserv.
Publisher:Applied Science Publishers
ISSN:0006-3207
COBISS.SI-ID:26719232 New window

Document is financed by a project

Funder:ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
Project number:V4-1825
Name:Divjad v naseljih, na cestah in drugih nelovnih površinah: težave, izzivi in rešitve

Funder:ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
Project number:P4-0107
Name:Gozdna biologija, ekologija in tehnologija

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License:CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Link:http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Description:This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.
Licensing start date:03.01.2022

Secondary language

Language:Undetermined
Keywords:trčenja divjih živali in vozil, sistemi za poročanje o nesrečah divjih živali, proeok prometa, kopitarji, COVID-19


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