AbstractPrevious studies suggest roadkill may not be evenly distributed among species or within species due to life history characteristics. We examine published data on mammalian roadkill surveys conducted in North America for a relationship between diet type, body size and roadkill frequency. Eight studies with comparable methods are used in the analysis for a combined survey mileage of 224,354km that includes 3.101 individuals killed from 38 species. Carnivores were less likely to be found in roadkill surveys than omnivores or herbivores. After controlling for diet type, a peaked relationship was found between body size and roadkill frequency with the model predicting the highest roadkill for body sizes of about 1.06kg. These results may be explained by both biological factors and sampling methods.
Diet and body size of North American mammal road mortalities
Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment ; 12 , 7 ; 498-505
2007-01-01
8 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Roadkill , Wildlife , Life history , Highway , Accidents
Diet and body size of North American mammal road mortalities
Online Contents | 2007
|Determining the causes of mortalities in wild fish populations
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1998
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVAL AND PROCESSING OF AQUACULTURE MORTALITIES
Europäisches Patentamt | 2023
|Mortalities and morbidities due to traffic accidents: the unknown criminal
Emerald Group Publishing | 2018
|Post-mortem review of trauma mortalities - Correlative gathology and injury criteria
Kraftfahrwesen | 1988
|