Conservation threats from roadkill in the global road networkстатья
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Дата последнего поиска статьи во внешних источниках: 6 октября 2021 г.
Авторы:
Grilo Clara,
Borda-de-Água Luis,
Beja Pedro,
Goolsby Eric,
Soanes Kylie,
le Roux Aliza,
Koroleva Elena,
Ferreira Flávio Z.,
Gagné Sara A.,
Wang Yun,
González-Suárez Manuela
Аннотация:We introduce a framework to quantify the effect of roadkill on terrestrial mammals worldwide that includes three steps: (a) compilation of roadkill rates to estimate the fraction of a local population killed on the roads, (b) prediction of population risk of extinction based on observed roadkill rates (for a target group of species of conservation concern and non-threatened species with high roadkill rates), and (c) global assessment of vulnerability to roadkill for 4,677 terrestrial mammalian species estimated using phylogenetic regression models that link extinction risk to demographic parameters.More than 120 species of terrestrial mammals are particularly vulnerable to roadkill mortality and several populations could become extinct in 50 years if the observed roadkill rates persist, according to a team of international researchers from different continents on the evaluation of the of roadkill on terrestrial mammals worldwide. Our framework revealed populations of threatened species that require special attention and can be incorporated into management and planning strategies informing road managers and conservation agencies.