Deer on the railway line: spatiotemporal trends in mortality patterns of roe deer

Tomas KUSTA; Michaela HOLA; Zdenek KEKEN; Milos JEZEK; Tomas ZİKA; Vlastimil HART

Makale detayları

Deer on the railway line: spatiotemporal trends in mortality patterns of roe deer

Yazarlar:

Tomas KUSTA | Michaela HOLA | Zdenek KEKEN | Milos JEZEK | Tomas ZİKA | Vlastimil HART

Yayıncı:

TUBITAK

Dergi:

Turkish Journal of Zoology 2014 Vol.38 Issue 4, pp.479-485

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2014

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000775562

Sıklık:

İki Aylık

eISSN:

1303-6114

pISSN:

1300-0179

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Özet:

 

Traffic-related mortality of free-ranging animals is among the most commonly observed human-wildlife conflicts. These conflicts pose serious threats to human safety as well as having great economic consequences. Although considerable attention has been paid to the role of roads in affecting free-ranging animals, the effects of railways have been less studied. Our study provides initial insights into the spatial and temporal variability of the roe deer-train collisions at 4 selected railway sections in the Czech Republic. Using data on 69 roe deer-train collisions collected during 2009, we tested the effects of railway section length, train frequency, relative abundance of roe deer, and time of year (by month) on collision probability. The number of roe deer-train collisions was influenced by train frequency (i.e. the higher the number of trains passing through individual study sections, the higher the number of collisions) and the time of the year (i.e. the highest number of collisions occurred in winter, particularly in February). Future research efforts should focus on describing roe deer behavior and movement patterns along the railways as well as the mortality factors related to the accidents. Such findings will help to identify hotspots of future accidents and to design suitable mitigation measures.

 

Traffic-related mortality of free-ranging animals is among the most commonly observed human-wildlife conflicts. These conflicts pose serious threats to human safety as well as having great economic consequences. Although considerable attention has been paid to the role of roads in affecting free-ranging animals, the effects of railways have been less studied. Our study provides initial insights into the spatial and temporal variability of the roe deer-train collisions at 4 selected railway sections in the Czech Republic. Using data on 69 roe deer-train collisions collected during 2009, we tested the effects of railway section length, train frequency, relative abundance of roe deer, and time of year (by month) on collision probability. The number of roe deer-train collisions was influenced by train frequency (i.e. the higher the number of trains passing through individual study sections, the higher the number of collisions) and the time of the year (i.e. the highest number of collisions occurred in winter, particularly in February). Future research efforts should focus on describing roe deer behavior and movement patterns along the railways as well as the mortality factors related to the accidents. Such findings will help to identify hotspots of future accidents and to design suitable mitigation measures.

Makale detayları

Deer on the railway line: spatiotemporal trends in mortality patterns of roe deer

Yazarlar:

Tomas KUSTA | Michaela HOLA | Zdenek KEKEN | Milos JEZEK | Tomas ZİKA | Vlastimil HART

Yayıncı:

TUBITAK

Dergi:

Turkish Journal of Zoology 2014 Vol.38 Issue 4, pp.479-485

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2014

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000775562

Sıklık:

İki Aylık

eISSN:

1303-6114

pISSN:

1300-0179

Key words: Animal-train collisions

traffic mortality

Czech Republic

Sayı

Makale detayları

Deer on the railway line: spatiotemporal trends in mortality patterns of roe deer

Yazarlar: Tomas KUSTA | Michaela HOLA | Zdenek KEKEN | Milos JEZEK | Tomas ZİKA | Vlastimil HART

Yayıncı: TUBITAK

Dergi: Turkish Journal of Zoology 2014 Vol.38 Issue 4, pp.479-485

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 5/2014

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2000775562

Sıklık: İki Aylık

eISSN: 1303-6114

pISSN: 1300-0179

Key words: Animal-train collisions

traffic mortality

Czech Republic

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Tomas KUSTA | Michaela HOLA | Zdenek KEKEN | Milos JEZEK | Tomas ZİKA | Vlastimil HART

Yayıncı:

TUBITAK

Dergi:

Turkish Journal of Zoology 2014 Vol.38 Issue 4, pp.479-485

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2014

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000775562

Sıklık:

İki Aylık

eISSN:

1303-6114

pISSN:

1300-0179