TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Comparing the effectiveness of two roadkill survey methods on roads
JO  - Transportation research part D: transport and environment
A1  - Guinard, Eric
A1  - Billon, Lucille
A1  - Bretaud, Jean-François
A1  - Chevallier, Luc
A1  - Sordello, Romain
A1  - Witté, Isabelle
SP  - e103829
EP  - e103829
VL  - 121
IS  - 
N2  - Wildlife-vehicle collisions on linear transport infrastructure and especially on roads are potentially dangerous for drivers and cause serious economic damage. Moreover, roads cause fragmentation, creating barriers or traps that are harmful to many animal species, underlining the need to detect roadkill hotspots. However, the effectiveness of some roadkill survey methods on roads is not fully understood. The aim of this study is to conduct comparative analyses of the spatial distribution, body size totals and composition of roadkill hotspots, using data collected in a study area using two robust roadkill survey methods: i) one conducted monthly by an ecologist, ii) one conducted daily by patrollers. The results suggest that these methods are efficient in locating mortality hotspots and are complementary: they identify different body size groups, with patrollers detecting all large fauna and ecologists recording more small species. We suggest combining both methods to obtain more representative data of road mortality.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1361-9209
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2023.103829
ID  - ref1
ER  -