Road kills of mammal species in the Van Lake Basin (Turkey)

Road kills of mammal species in the Van Lake Basin (Turkey)

This study was conducted on the road surrounding Lake Van (D300-D975-E99 roads) between February 2016 and January 2017. It is aimed to identify the species and mortality rates of the mammals that die as a result of car crash in the highway. As a result of the study, 57 cases which belong to 8 specie...

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Veröffentlicht in:Biological diversity and conservation 2018-04, Vol.11 (1), p.40
Hauptverfasser: Toyran, Kubilay, Adizel, Özdemir, Azizoğlu, Erkan
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng ; tur
Schlagworte:
Animal behavior
Carnivora
Crashes
Erinaceus concolor
Lagomorpha
Lake basins
Lakes
Mammals
Martes foina
Mortality
Roads
Rodentia
Small mammals
Species
Traffic accidents
Vulpes vulpes
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Zusammenfassung:This study was conducted on the road surrounding Lake Van (D300-D975-E99 roads) between February 2016 and January 2017. It is aimed to identify the species and mortality rates of the mammals that die as a result of car crash in the highway. As a result of the study, 57 cases which belong to 8 species in Eulipotyphla, Lagomorpha, Rodentia and Carnivora orders of the Mammalia class were recorded. The primary mammal species killed in car crashes are stone marten (Martes foina) (n=19), hedgehog (Erinaceus concolor) (n= 17) and red fox (Vulpes vulpes) (n=13) respectively. Mortality for mammal species was calculated as 0.276 ind/km/year. In addition, a solution to reduce deaths has been proposed.
ISSN:1308-5301
1308-8084