TY - JOUR PY - 2012// TI - Factors affecting mortality of vertebrates on the roads in the Czech Republic JO - Transportation research part D: transport and environment A1 - Borkovcová, Marie A1 - Mrtka, Jiří A1 - Winkler, Jan SP - 66 EP - 72 VL - 17 IS - 1 N2 - This paper summarizes the results of monitoring animals killed by vehicles on selected roads in the Czech Republic as well as the circumstances of these accidents. Relationships between species of road-killed animals and factors associated with these accidents were evaluated, such as type of road and traffic density, distance from the built-up area, state of vegetation around the road, terrain topology with regard to the road, and the impact of the month/season.

LA - en SN - 1361-9209 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2011.09.011 ID - ref1 ER -