Extremely low amphibian roadkill probability on busy bicycle paths

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Road mortality can have a significant negative impact on amphibian population survival. Amphibian roadkill and how to avoid it are therefore widely studied, mostly car roads but limitedly bicycle paths. We investigated whether paths in Bargerveen, Dutch Natura 2000 site, was affected by the number of passing cyclists crossing amphibians. four transects daily basis during most spring migration 2021. counted identified (to species level) all killed amphibians; further, we used cyclist counters toad fences assess bicycles amphibians, respectively. found 11 smooth newts Lissotriton vulgaris, out 5,037 that crossed Although 11,453 anurans crossed, no anurans. The occurrence not or newts. probability being extremely low for (0.22 %) (0 %), possibly because successfully cycling over Future monitoring should occur from early February late November include complete active period amphibians including juvenile dispersal, across multiple successive years numbers vary largely between years. During our study period, however, Bargerveen seems threat populations, despite high cyclists. Keywords: road ecology, animal-cyclist collisions, newts, anurans, conservation

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Herpetological Journal

سال: 2023

ISSN: ['2634-1379', '0268-0130']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33256/33.1.115