The identification of wildlife-vehicle collision hotspots: Citizen science reveals spatial and temporal patterns

Abstract Linear infrastructures (e.g., roads, railways, pipelines, and powerlines) pose a serious threat to wildlife, due to the risk of wildlife-vehicle collisions (roadkills). The placement of mitigation measures, such as crossing structures, should consider species’ life cycles and ecological req...

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Main Authors: Francesco Valerio, Marco Basile, Rosario Balestrieri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-01-01
Series:Ecological Processes
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-020-00271-4