[HTML][HTML] Wildlife-vehicle collisions-Influencing factors, data collection and research methods

R Pagany - Biological conservation, 2020 - Elsevier
Wildlife-vehicle collisions (WVCs) are caused by the close interaction of human and wildlife
habitats worldwide. The large number of globally distributed accidents and the variety of …

Olfactory repellents decrease the number of ungulate-vehicle collisions on roads: Results of a two-year carcass study

M Bíl, J Sedoník, R Andrášik, T Kušta… - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
An experimental study was conducted to test the effectiveness of olfactory repellents (ORE)
as a mitigation measure to reduce ungulate-vehicle collisions (UVC). In the first phase, an …

Understanding spatio-temporal patterns of deer-vehicle collisions to improve roadkill mitigation

M Mayer, JC Nielsen, M Elmeros, P Sunde - Journal of environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Vehicles collide with hundreds of thousands of deer on European roads each year. This
leads to animal deaths and suffering, economic damage and risks for human safety, making …

Identifying and mitigating the impacts on primates of transportation and service corridors

B Galea, T Humle - Conservation Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Most primate populations are declining; 60% of species face extinction. The expansion of
transportation and service corridors (T&S)(ie, roads and railways and utility and service …

Behavioural reactions to oncoming vehicles as a crucial aspect of wildlife-vehicle collision risk in three common wildlife species

F Brieger, JL Kämmerle, R Hagen, R Suchant - Accident Analysis & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wildlife-vehicle collisions (WVC) strongly impact road safety. While technical aspects of
collision risk and the effects of roads on animal populations are well studied, knowledge …

The magnitude of roadkill in Taiwan: Patterns and consequences revealed by citizen science

K Chyn, TE Lin, YK Chen, CY Chen… - Biological Conservation, 2019 - Elsevier
Roadkill is among the most severe and insidious causes of impoverishment of vertebrate
populations. As large roadkill databases develop, inferences from roadkill data can inform …

A proposal of an animal detection system using machine learning

WHS Antônio, M Da Silva, RS Miani… - Applied Artificial …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
One of the current challenges is to reduce collisions between vehicles and animals on
roads, such accidents resulting in environmental imbalance and large expenditures in public …

Road expansion: A challenge to conservation of mammals, with particular emphasis on the endangered Asiatic cheetah in Iran

A Mohammadi, K Almasieh, AP Clevenger… - Journal for Nature …, 2018 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic activities, including road expansion, are one of the main drivers of
biodiversity loss in Iran. Central and northeastern Iran have been among the most …

Analysing and predicting wildlife–vehicle collision hotspots for the Swiss road network

P Laube, N Ratnaweera, A Wróbel, I Kaelin… - Landscape …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Context Wildlife–vehicle collisions (WVCs) are a significant threat for many species,
cause financial loss and pose a serious risk to motorist safety. Objectives We used spatial …

Animal learning may contribute to both problems and solutions for wildlife–train collisions

CC St. Clair, J Backs, A Friesen… - … of the Royal …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Transportation infrastructure can cause an ecological trap if it attracts wildlife for foraging
and travel opportunities, while increasing the risk of mortality from collisions. This situation …