封锁的银线是什么? 在立陶宛的COVID-19时代,道路上的不同级别的死亡事件发生在立陶宛
Linas Balčiauskas1, Jos Stratford1, Andrius Kučas2
1Nature Research Centre, Akademijos Str. 2, 08412 Vilnius, Lithuania.
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
|September 28, 2023
概括
由于COVID-19的限制,立陶宛主要道路上的野生动物道路杀戮减少了,但在城市地区增加了. 在限制放松后,道路死亡人数回到了高于预期的水平.
科学领域:
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 野生动物管理 野生动物管理
- 运输安全运输安全
背景情况:
- 人类和车辆的移动性显著影响野生动物道路杀伤事件.
- 在全球范围内,COVID-19的限制导致了移动模式的显著变化.
- 鹿 (Capreolus capreolus) 是受车辆碰撞影响的关键物种之一.
研究的目的:
- 为了评估COVID-19限制对立陶宛野生哺乳动物和鹿道路杀害的影响.
- 分析在限制和非限制期间不同类型的道路上的道路杀伤趋势.
- 了解道路杀伤事件的空间再分配.
主要方法:
- 对所有哺乳动物和鹿在2002-2022年 (年度) 和2020-2021年 (月度) 的道路杀戮数据的统计分析.
- 在COVID-19封锁期间 (2020年4月至5月,2020年11月至12月) 与长期趋势的道路死亡人数的比较.
- 在主要,国家,区域和城市道路上检查路杀物品的分布.
主要成果:
- 在封锁期间,主要,国家和区域公路上的道路杀伤事件显著减少 (5.1-54.4%的减少).
- 在特定的封锁月份,在A14主道上减少了高达75-90%的哺乳动物碰撞.
- 在2020-2021年期间,城市地区的道路死亡人数显著增加.
- 在取消限制后,主要道路上的道路死亡人数超过了长期预期.
结论:
- 由于COVID-19的限制,在主要道路上暂时减少了野生动物与车辆的碰撞,但将问题转移到城市地区.
- 放宽限制导致道路交通事故的反弹,超过了以前的水平.
- 这些发现突出了人类活动,流动性和野生动物与车辆碰撞之间的复杂关系,需要适应性管理策略.
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