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- Title
Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions in Croatia - A Hazard for Humans and Animals.
- Authors
Sprem, Nikica; Duduković, Dejan; Keros, Tomislav; Konjević, Dean
- Abstract
Wildlife-vehicle collisions (WVC) have increased and now there is a world-wide problem related to significant mortal-ity of wildlife, habitat fragmentation, change in behavior and even disappearance of local endangered populations. Along with these deleterious effects on wildlife, WVC can also result in injuries and deaths of humans. During the three-year monitoring, a total of 7,495 wildlife-vehicle collisions were recorded, including mainly roe deer (73%), while other spe-cies were less frequently affected (wild boar - 9%; brown hare - 5%; and red deer and pheasant each with 4%). Incidence of wildlife-vehicle collisions were observed according to territorial distribution, seasonal and daily occurrence and type of road (total and per 1 km).
- Subjects
TRAFFIC accidents; TRAFFIC safety &; wildlife; DEER; HABITATS; ANTHROPOGENIC effects on nature; ANIMALS; WOUNDS &; injuries
- Publication
Collegium Antropologicum, 2013, Vol 37, Issue 2, p531
- ISSN
0350-6134
- Publication type
Article