在立陶宛城市地区杀害哺乳动物的道路:一项为期15年的研究
Linas Balčiauskas1, Andrius Kučas2, Laima Balčiauskienė1
1Laboratory of Mammalian Ecology, Nature Research Centre, Akademijos 2, 08412 Vilnius, Lithuania.
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
|October 28, 2023
概括
在立陶宛城市地区的道路杀戮数量呈指数级增长,在COVID-19限制期间,从家禽转向野生动物,特别是鹿的数量大幅增加. 限制期间道路杀戮的增加凸显了需要新的缓解策略的需要.
科学领域:
- 野生动物生态学野生动物生态学
- 城市生态学 城市生态学
- 道路生态学 道路生态学
背景情况:
- 道路杀戮对野生动物构成重大威胁,特别是在城市环境中.
- 了解道路杀伤的趋势对于制定有效的保护策略至关重要.
- COVID-19大流行提供了一个独特的机会来研究人类活动减少对道路杀伤模式的影响.
研究的目的:
- 调查2007年至2022年在立陶宛城市的道路杀伤趋势.
- 分析城市道路杀戮中野生动物与家禽的比例.
- 评估COVID-19限制对城市道路杀伤物数量和物种组成的影响.
主要方法:
- 分析立陶宛城市地区 (2007-2022) 的道路杀伤数据.
- 在COVID-19限制期间的道路杀伤数据与长期趋势的比较.
- 检查年度趋势,物种组成,以及道路杀戮的月度变化.
主要成果:
- 城市道路杀伤物显示物种多样性较低,以鹿 (Capreolus capreolus) 为主.
- 在研究期间,总的道路杀伤人数呈指数级增长.
- 养动物的比例显著下降,而野生哺乳动物的比例增加,特别是在COVID-19限制期间.
- 在COVID-19限制期间,道路杀害人数,特别是鹿,高于预期.
结论:
- 城市道路杀戮动态正在转向更高比例的野生动物.
- 由于COVID-19的限制,城市道路上的死亡人数暂时增加,这表明人类活动和野生动物与车辆碰撞之间存在复杂的关系.
- 需要新的缓解策略,包括提高驾驶员意识,以解决道路杀戮和运输强度之间的日益不平衡,以维持城市哺乳动物种群.
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