Impact of Roads and Vehicles on Wildlife Populations
"With over one billion cars on the planet (OICA 2016), the global scale of wildlife roadkill is enormous. Estimates include anywhere between 89-340 million birds killed each year by cars in the US (Loss et al. 2014) and 29 million mammals per year in Europe (Grilo et al. 2020)"

"Estimates for Australia are limited but published studies have reported such figures as: over nine million kangaroos and wallabies struck on Australian roads each year (Burgin and Brainwood 2008); over 300 koalas killed annually on roads in southeast Queensland (QDES 2022); and over 40,000 frogs run over annually on one road in northern NSW (Goldingay and Taylor 2006)"

The Evolution of Wildlife Crossings in Eastern Australia and a Guide to 57 Iconic Sites, Brendan Taylor
https://www.cambridgescholars.com/news/item/book-in-focus-The-Evolution-of-Wildlife-Crossings-in-Eastern-Australia-and-a-Guide-to-57-Iconic-Sites

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https://www.cambridgescholars.com/resources/pdfs/978-1-5275-0142-3-sample.pdf
#book #RoadKill #koalas #birds #frogs #biodiversity #habitat #fragmentation #biodiversity #WildlifeCrossings #wildlife #roads #mortalities #MidNorthCoast #NSW #cars #speed #extinction makers

RT @MerrillLegacy@twitter.com

Here’s a group on the forefront of #NetworkingNaturalAreas, and #WildlifeCrossings, Wildlands Network. They’ve done a lot of work studying wildlife corridors as well as tracking legislation throughout the country to reconnect wildlife corridors. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7014053150902886400-k57B?utm_source=post_nba&utm_medium=member_ios&utm_campaign=share_via

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MerrillLegacy/status/1608288746738421760

The recent capture and euthanization of Los Angeles’ well-known mountain lion #P-22 has highlighted the need for safe #wildlife crossings in cities and other high-traffic areas. But whether animals feel safe using these #wildlifecrossings is another story. A #UCLA study shows that some animals were less likely to use the undercrossing after they had displayed a “vigilant,” or fear-based, response to passing vehicles on the road over the crossing. #deer #elk #conservation https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/why-some-animals-fear-using-wildlife-crossings

That we have to call out the merit of this paper is just the tail end of the problem - It is now well evidenced that wildlife crossing structures paired with exclusion fencing reduce wildlife vehicles collisions while facilitating wildlife connectivity across roadways. Managing animal mortality and subpopulation connectivity is crucial to successful species and landscape stewardship. https://peerj.com/articles/14371/ #Highways #Wildlifecrossings #animalmortaility #AnimalWelfare #AnimalRights

#FollowFriday getting in on the follows. hoping to meet others interested in…
#biodiversity
#BiodiversityLoss
#WildlifeCrossings
#pollinators
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#climate
#ClimateChange
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