Roadkill patterns in Latin American birds and mammals

P Medrano‐Vizcaíno, C Grilo… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Roads are a major threat for wildlife, degrading habitat and causing mortality via wildlife–
vehicle collisions. In Latin America, the conjunction of high biodiversity and a rapidly …

[HTML][HTML] Road kills in tropical ecosystems: a review with recommendations for mitigation and for new research

J Monge-Nájera - Revista de biologia tropical, 2018 - scielo.sa.cr
Si bien los caminos son indispensables para la civilización moderna y benefician a muchas
especies de vida silvestre, han estado causando mortalidad por atropello desde que se …

[HTML][HTML] Where wildlife and traffic collide: Roadkill rates change through time in a wildlife-tourism hotspot

AR Rendall, V Webb, DR Sutherland, JG White… - Global Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding when and where roadkill is most likely to occur is vital to reducing wildlife-
vehicle collisions. However, little is known about how roadkill rates change through time and …

How many mammals are killed on Brazilian roads? Assessing impacts and conservation implications

FAS Pinto, DW Cirino, RC Cerqueira, C Rosa… - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
Millions of animals are killed on roads annually due to collisions with vehicles, particularly
medium–large mammals. Studies on mammal road-kill flourished in Brazil in the last decade …

How reliable are your data? Verifying species identification of road-killed mammals recorded by road maintenance personnel in São Paulo State, Brazil

FD Abra, MP Huijser, CS Pereira, KM Ferraz - Biological Conservation, 2018 - Elsevier
Across the world, many wildlife studies rely on data collected by volunteers. Roadkill studies
often rely on data collected by non-experts including road maintenance personnel and …

Landscape and road features linked to wildlife mortality in the Amazon

P Medrano-Vizcaíno, C Grilo, D Brito-Zapata… - Biodiversity and …, 2023 - Springer
Roads impact wildlife around the world; however, dedicated studies are lacking in many
biodiverse areas such as the Amazon. Identifying which species are more often hit by …

Wooded area, forest road-killed animals: Intensity and seasonal differences of road mortality on a small, newly upgraded road in western Romania

E Ciolan, AŞ Cicort-Lucaciu, I Sas-Kovács… - … Research Part D …, 2017 - Elsevier
The roads are one of the most obvious expressions of modern society, being considered
vital for economical growth. Nevertheless, roads have a very strong negative impact upon …

[PDF][PDF] Roadkill records of reptiles and birds in Cerrado and Pantanal landscapes

W Fischer, RF de Godoi, AC Paranhos Filho - Check List, 2018 - checklist.pensoft.net
We monitored reptile and bird roadkills in Cerrado–Pantanal landscapes along the Campo
Grande to Corumbá highway BR-262. We describe species distribution in different …

Reptile road mortality in a fragmented landscape of the middle Magdalena Valley, Colombia

ER Pallares, FLM Joya - Herpetology Notes, 2018 - biotaxa.org
Wildlife-vehicle collisions kill millions of wild animals around the world, however this number
could be underestimated because the absent of monitoring of road-kill events. Here, we …

Snakes roadkill on highways in the Cerrado biome: an intentional conduct?

J de Resende Assis, CF Carvalho-Roel… - … on Neotropical Fauna …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Much of the roadkill of wild animals is accidental, but some drivers intentionally target
animals, especially those that are culturally stigmatized such as reptiles and amphibians …