La Tour du Valat

Institut de recherche pour la conservation des zones humides méditerranéennes

Titre :	Factors affecting road mortality in birds
Auteurs :	Magne Husby, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Ornis Fennica (93(4) 2016)
Article en page(s) :	212-224
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	Several hundred million birds are killed on an annual basis worldwide due to collisions with vehicles. While this is well documented, less data exists on specific factors affecting the number of roadkills. I examined roadkill patterns while driving a car during a 44-month period (617 days, twice daily) along a 25 km stretch of road in the middle of Norway. In total, 121 roadkills were detected during that period. I used information on body mass, speed limit, vegetation in the vicinity, flight distance, abundance of birds in the surrounding environment and number of birds sitting on the road in order to elucidate their effects on the number of roadkills and susceptibility to become a roadkill for

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