How Effective Is Road Mitigation at Reducing Road-Kill? A Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Road traffic kills hundreds of millions of animals every year, posing a critical threat to the populations of many species. To address this problem there are more than forty types of road mitigation measures available that aim to reduce wildlife mortality on roads (road-kill). For road planners, deciding on what mitigation method to use has been problematic because there is little good information about the relative effectiveness of these measures in reducing road-kill, and the costs of these measures vary greatly. We conducted a meta-analysis using data from 50 studies that quantified the relationship between road-kill and a mitigation measure designed to reduce road-kill. Overall, mitigation measures reduce road-kill by 40% compared to controls. Fences, with or without crossing structure

SUBMITTER: Rytwinski T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5117745 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature