What is known, unknown, and needed to be known about damage caused by wild pigs

KC VerCauteren, KM Pepin, SM Cook, S McKee… - Biological …, 2024 - Springer
Damage assessments provide evidence for initiating and evaluating management programs
that protect natural resources and human livelihoods against invasive species. Wild pigs …

[HTML][HTML] Better safe than sorry–Understanding the attitude and habits of drivers can help mitigating animal-vehicle collisions

S Borza, L Godó, O Valkó, Z Végvári, B Deák - Journal of environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The rapidly growing global road networks put serious pressures on terrestrial ecosystems
and increase the number and severity of human-wildlife conflicts, which in most cases …

Lockdown's Silver Lining? Different Levels of Roadkill during the COVID-19 Times in Lithuania

L Balčiauskas, J Stratford, A Kučas, L Balčiauskienė - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The impact of COVID-19-related human and vehicular mobility restrictions
on the number of roadkills of wild mammals, and roe deer in particular, was assessed in …

Spatiotemporal analysis of road crashes with animals in Poland

T Krukowicz, K Firląg, P Chrobot - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
This article describes the issue of the influences of the time factor and wildlife populations on
road animal–vehicle crashes. The article presents problems associated with animal–vehicle …

The impact of roadkill on cervid populations in Lithuania

L Balčiauskas, A Kučas, L Balčiauskienė - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cervid roadkill, including moose, red deer and roe deer, can pose a risk to drivers and are
frequently registered. However, the roadkill influence on overall cervid populations is not …

Temporal pattern of moose-vehicle collisions

T Borowik, M Ratkiewicz, W Maślanko… - … research part D …, 2021 - Elsevier
Wildlife-vehicle collisions have become an increasing problem in recent decades as they
seriously affect both animals and road users, leading to fatalities, substantial economic …

Roe Deer, Lithuania's Smallest and Most Abundant Cervid

L Balčiauskas - Forests, 2024 - mdpi.com
A review of 113 scientific and other publications on the smallest and most abundant deer in
Lithuania, the roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), is presented, along with an analysis based …

Application of least-cost movement modeling in planning wildlife mitigation measures along transport corridors: Case study of forests and moose in Lithuania

J Wierzchowski, A Kučas, L Balčiauskas - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
The present work presents the development of a moose movement model to explore the
value of wildlife mitigation structures and examine how hypothetical changes in land use …

Inclusion of road ecology criteria within environmental Impact assessment

P Dvořáková, Z Keken, L Wimmerová… - … Research Part D …, 2024 - Elsevier
Transport infrastructure construction and its future expansion is a worldwide phenomenon.
Within road ecology, scientific attention has focused on effectiveness of mitigation measures …

Roadkill Patterns on Workdays, Weekends and Long Weekends: Anticipating the Implications of a Four-Day Work Week

L Balčiauskas, A Kučas, L Balčiauskienė - Diversity, 2024 - mdpi.com
Understanding the spatial and temporal patterns of animal road mortality is important for
planning protective measures and raising driver awareness. In our study of Lithuania …