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- Title
ROAD MORTALITY ON TWO SECONDARY ROADS NEAR ABRĂMUŢ LOCALITY, WESTERN ROMANIA: EFFECTS OF YEAR PERIOD AND ROAD SURROUNDING HABITATS.
- Authors
POPOVICI, Paula-Vanda; BONDAR, Alexandra; BODOG, Denisa-Emilia; VICAŞ, Patricia-Teodora; CUPŞA, Diana
- Abstract
On two local roads situated near Abramut locality in western Romania we studied in the year 2017 the effect of the seasons and the roads' surrounding habitats upon the fauna road mortality. We analyzed both road-killed invertebrates and vertebrates in three seasons (spring, summer and autumn) and on two road segments of the same length, bordered with different habitat types, and situated at only few kilometers from each other. One of the road segments was surrounded with a forest and the other with agricultural terrains. Totally, on the two roads 571 animals were killed by cars, from which 555 were invertebrates and only 16 vertebrates. The number of taxons and the victims' diversity were higher on the road near the forest in each season. In spring and summer the individuals' number was higher near the forest, but in autumn the individuals' number was higher on the road surrounded by agricultural terrains because of the high number of road-killed Heteroptera Pyrrhocoridae. On the road bordered with the forest animals related to humid forested areas were killed, including protected amphibian species. On the road surrounded by agricultural terrains common and generalist animals were killed, but also animals, like bees, attracted by the blooming culture plants. These results clearly indicate the negative effect of the road traffic upon the native fauna, especially on the road bordered with forests, in contrast to the road that crosses agricultural terrains, a fact that should be taken into account when upgrading or constructing new roads.
- Subjects
ROADKILL; ANIMAL mortality; HABITATS; HEMIPTERA; PYRRHOCORIDAE; FOREST animals
- Publication
Oltenia, Studii si Comunicari Seria Stiintele Naturii, 2018, Vol 34, Issue 2, p103
- ISSN
1454-6914
- Publication type
Article