Data/hora: 03/06/2024 01:10:43

Provedor de dados: | 3
País: | Brazil
Título: | Vertebrate road kill survey on a highway in southern Brazil
Autores: | Corrêa, Luiz Liberato Costa; Silva, Darliane Evangelho; Oliveira, Stefan Vilges de; Finger, Júlia Victória Grohmann; Santos, César Rodrigo dos; Petry, Maria Virginia.
Data: | 2017-06-16
Ano: | 2017
Palavras-chave: | Biodiversidade  Ciências Biológicas  Ciências Ambientais mortality; Wildlife; Rio Grande do Sul.
Resumo: | Highways are a major factor acting in the decline of several wildlife populations. Impact occurs due to the continuous flow of motor vehicles over tracks and collision with animals using the same area. This study aimed to list road killed wild vertebrates found in highways in the Pampa Biome, state of Rio Grande do Sul, over an entire year. The taxa found (amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals) were identified to species level and their frequency of occurrence was seasonally registered. Along 2,160 km, we found 318 road killed individuals, totaling 65 species. This number represents an average of 0.147 road killed specimens by kilometer (that is, 1 individual each 7 km). Of these, seven species are under threat of extinction in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. We also found a seasonal pattern among road kills, in which the highest number of road killed animals was registered in the summer and spring months. These results contribute to increase knowledge about which species are most impacted by road kill on highways of the Pampa Biome. Such data can be used as an indicator for the implementation of measures by competent bodies to mitigate impacts of highways in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/33788

10.4025/actascibiolsci.v39i2.33788

Editor: | Universidade Estadual De Maringá

Relação:

http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/33788/pdf

http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/downloadSuppFile/33788/13484

Formato: | application/pdf

Fonte:

Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences; v. 39, n. 2 (2017); 219-225

Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences; v. 39, n. 2 (2017); 219-225

1807-863X

1679-9283

Fonte: | Direitos autorais 2017 Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences