Factors determining roadkills in a mammal carnivore are road type specific.

Carnivores are one of the most affected taxa by roadkill of their high mobility searching for food, mate or territory. We compared 85 polecat roadkills in highways with 73 casualties on conventional roads. Roadkill points were characterized by a higher abundance of polecat main prey in both road types. On highways occurred in wider sections, on conventional roads were associated with areas of remnant natural vegetation. Our results highlight the need for different roadkill mitigation strategies depending on the road characteristics.

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Carmona Castresana G. Virgós E. Burgos T. y Barrientos R. Factors determining roadkills in a mammal carnivore are road type specific. Infrastructure & Ecology Network Europe, 2023.

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Date of creation 2025-05-23
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Metadata identifier 73acb837-2a26-57de-8476-61886244de93
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Name of the dataset creator Carmona Castresana, G., Virgós, E., Burgos, T. y Barrientos, R.
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