Examining vertebrate road mortality on highways passing through protected areas of eastern Ethiopia

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14310/23:00133012

Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10344-023-01750-7" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10344-023-01750-7</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10344-023-01750-7" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10344-023-01750-7</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Examining vertebrate road mortality on highways passing through protected areas of eastern Ethiopia

Original language description

Highways bisecting protected areas can have adverse impacts on wild animals. Many studies around the world have investigated the intensities of roadkill resulting from such highways and the subsequent conservation impacts. However, there have been limited studies undertaken in developing countries in this regard. We investigated road-related mortality of three taxonomic groups (birds, mammals, and reptiles) on six roads in eastern Ethiopia that bisect four protected areas. We collected roadkill occurrence data in both dry and wet seasons by undertaking 34 systematic driven road surveys over a 5-month period. A total of 128 roadkill were recorded comprising 44 species belonging to 24 families. We recorded more bird and mammal roadkills, making up 46.9.% and 45.3% of the total samples, respectively. Out of the 44 species detected, 79.6% were of least concern, while 18.1% were vulnerable, i.e., near threatened and endangered species, while 2.3% were critically endangered. Diurnal species constituted the majority of roadkill detected (75%), followed by nocturnal (18.2%) and crepuscular (6.8%). Most records of roadkill (64.8%) were encountered in roads adjacent to protected areas, highlighting the potential threat that roads pose on wildlife within protected areas of Eastern Ethiopia. Our study is aimed at adding to the baseline of impacts of roads on wildlife in developing countries. Further study of spatial and temporal patterns of roadkill on the current study roads and other roads in the country will assist with a greater understanding of the impacts of roads in Ethiopia and allow appropriate mitigation measures to be proposed.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10613 - Zoology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

European Journal of Wildlife Research

ISSN

1612-4642

e-ISSN

1439-0574

Volume of the periodical

69

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

117

UT code for WoS article

001106631800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85177041922