Mixed sampling protocols improve the cost-effectiveness of roadkill surveys

Verfasser / Beitragende:
[Aline Costa, Fernando Ascensão, Alex Bager]
Ort, Verlag, Jahr:
2015
Enthalten in:
Biodiversity and Conservation, 24/12(2015-11-01), 2953-2965
Format:
Artikel (online)
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520 3 |a Road mortality due to animal vehicle collisions hasserious negative effects on population viability, demanding urgent implementation of mitigation measures where most required. Data from roadkill surveys is generally used to choose the best mitigation measures, but there is a lack of knowledge about the sampling intensity required for surveys to effectively detect roadkill patterns. Improving the cost-effectiveness of road surveys could free up limited resources that, in turn, could be used to obtain a better perception of road impacts and mitigation effectiveness elsewhere. We evaluate the possibility of improving road survey cost-effectiveness by comparing the spatial patterns obtained when using a weekly versus monthly survey and year-round versus seasonal surveys. We analyzed a roadkill dataset, previously collected over 2years in southern Brazil, and applied two criteria for assessing the effectiveness of two alternative survey protocols: tradeoff between sampling effort and sample size; and similarity in spatial patterns. We found support favoring monthly surveys for those taxa in which roadkill was not markedly temporally clustered, as was the case for larger mammals. However, performing weekly surveys over shorter periods may significantly improve cost-effectiveness for taxa with peaks in mortality if surveys are performed during those periods when roadkill is most likely to occur. We suggest applying a mix of sampling protocols, with intensive surveys during warmer periods for reptiles and other taxa with peak roadkill at these times while, for the rest of the year, a monthly survey could be used to improve detection of rarer species. 
540 |a Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2015 
690 7 |a Road ecology  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Road monitoring  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Sample size  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Spatial pattern  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Kernel density estimation  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Vertebrates  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Brazil  |2 nationallicence 
700 1 |a Costa  |D Aline  |u Brazilian Center for Road Ecology (CBEE), Ecology Sector, Department of Biology, Federal University of Lavras, Campus Universitário, CP 3037, CEP 37200-000, Lavras, MG, Brazil  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Ascensão  |D Fernando  |u Brazilian Center for Road Ecology (CBEE), Ecology Sector, Department of Biology, Federal University of Lavras, Campus Universitário, CP 3037, CEP 37200-000, Lavras, MG, Brazil  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Bager  |D Alex  |u Brazilian Center for Road Ecology (CBEE), Ecology Sector, Department of Biology, Federal University of Lavras, Campus Universitário, CP 3037, CEP 37200-000, Lavras, MG, Brazil  |4 aut 
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950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Ascensão  |D Fernando  |u Brazilian Center for Road Ecology (CBEE), Ecology Sector, Department of Biology, Federal University of Lavras, Campus Universitário, CP 3037, CEP 37200-000, Lavras, MG, Brazil  |4 aut 
950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Bager  |D Alex  |u Brazilian Center for Road Ecology (CBEE), Ecology Sector, Department of Biology, Federal University of Lavras, Campus Universitário, CP 3037, CEP 37200-000, Lavras, MG, Brazil  |4 aut 
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