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An assessment of wildlife road casulties – the potential discrepancy between numbers counted and numbers killed
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Abstract. By artificially baiting roads, it is shown that simple counts of wildlife corpses found on roads are severe underestimate of the actual road casualty rate. The death rate can be 12–16 times that observed by simply counting corpses particularly from a moving vehicle. Removal rates depend on a range of factors including species of predator, species of prey, type and topography of road, road traffic, season, time of day and weather conditions. It is suggested that a greater importance should be afforded, than has previously been the case to the “gross” casualty rate rather than accept the “net” number of casualties as an indicator of loss.
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Slater showed that scavengers removed baits faster with shorter inter-carcass distances.
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- Authors
- Slater, F. M.
- Affiliations
- Cardiff University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Slater, F. M.
- ORCID
- Slater, F. M.
- Venue
- Web Ecology
- Publisher
- Copernicus GmbH
- Published
- 2002-05-24
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 33-42
- ISSN
- 1399-1183 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2012950880
- Cited by
- 174
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 1.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Web Ecology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality › Traffic and Road Safety
- Keywords
- roadkill, mortality underestimation, predator-prey interactions, road traffic, road topography
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