Electric vehicles minimize disturbance to mammals

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10344-021-01516-z" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10344-021-01516-z</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10344-021-01516-z" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10344-021-01516-z</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Electric vehicles minimize disturbance to mammals
Original language description
Anthropogenic sounds are pollution that is not always evaluated in the environment in general and near wildlife in particular. Non electric off road vehicles (ORVs) are used in most wildlife reserves of India for ecotourism purposes in the form of wildlife-viewing safaris. We hypothesized that the e-vehicles would allow a closer approach to wildlife, reducing the flight initiation distance to their normal behaviors. In order to understand the effects of noise, we evaluated the difference between the safari-ORVs regulated by the Indian Forest Department and six electric ORVs in the Jhalana Reserve Forest in Jaipur, Rajasthan. We used a mixed model approach. We found that mammals showed longer escape behavior when approached by non electric cars (Gypsy ORVs) than by electric cars, even considering the effects of the initial distance. The level of noise produced by the two types of cars used in the experiment was different, with the Gypsy ORVs significantly louder than the Mahindra e-vehicles. FID was
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology

Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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