Autor: Bauer T., Heigl F., Laaha G., Steiner W., Stretz C. R., Suppan F., Zaller J. G.
Klíčová slova: Brown hare, Citizen science, Habitat fragmentation, Lepus europaeus, Public participation in science, Road-kill, Wildlife-vehicle collision
Název titulu / periodika: Remote Sensing
Rok vydání: 2016
Vydavatel: MDPI
Obor FORD: 4.1. Agriculture; Forestry and Fisheries
Road traffic has severe effects on animals, especially when road-kills are involved. In manycountries, official road-kill data are provided by hunters or police; there are also road-kill observationsreported by citizen scientists. The aim of the current study was to test whether road-kill reportsby hunters stem from similar landscapes than those reported by citizen scientists. We analysed thesurrounding landscapes of 712 road-kill reportings of European hares in the province of Lower Austria.Our data showed that road-killed…