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- Title
ASSESSING ROAD-KILL MORTALITY IN THE HIGHWAY PASSING THROUGH URBAN, AGRICULTURAL, FOREST AND RIVER LANDSCAPES IN BIHAR.
- Authors
Masroor, Mohammad Danish; Sengar, Manisha; Masroor, Zakkia; Pal, Sangeeta; Kumar, Rahul; Bala, Kiran; Kumar, Raj; Patel, Kumari Shilpa; Hareramadas
- Abstract
Roads are increasing an adverse impact on road-kill and threats to the faunal diversity globally. In Bihar, very few studies have been carried out to record and assess the road-kill of faunal diversity. The present study was conducted to estimate the road kills on the National Highway in our locality. The road kills were recorded thrice a week in each habitat. The data regarding the road-kill survey was collected from Jan 2020 to Dec 2022. For the survey of road-killed animals, avians, reptiles, and other vertebrates, the national highway passing through the urban landscape, agricultural landscape, river basin, and forest land (from Gaya to Wazirganj and Rajgir wild area) was selected on the basis of availability of floral diversity and geographical location. The survey found a total of 1021 carcasses of 34 different species belonging to 4 families were recorded by road-kill on selected highways including Gaya and Rajgir from January 2020 to December 2022. The highest mortality of Acridotheres tristis (Linnaeus, 1760) (Common Myna) was recorded in both survey sites. While, observing the seasonal variations in road-kill, it was observed that the maximum mortality due to road-kill was found from September to January and the minimum from April to June. Management strategies and conservation practices are essential to prevent the local extinction of faunal and floral diversity due to road kills.
- Subjects
BIHAR (India); AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL diversity; ROADKILL; FORESTS &; forestry; WATERSHEDS
- Publication
Journal of Experimental Zoology India, 2023, Vol 26, Issue 2, p2385
- ISSN
0972-0030
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.51470/jez.2023.26.2.2385