Title:	Assessing the consistency of hotspot and hot-moment patterns of wildlife road mortality over time
Authors:	Santos, Rodrigo Augusto Lima Ascensão, Fernando Ribeiro, Marina Lopes Bager, Alex Reis, Margarida Santos Aguiar, Ludmilla Moura de Souza
Assunto::	Veículos Animais selvagens - mortalidade Estradas
Issue Date:	2017
Publisher:	Elsevier Editora Ltda.
Citation:	SANTOS, Rodrigo Augusto Lima et al. Assessing the consistency of hotspot and hot-moment patterns of wildlife road mortality over time. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, v. 15, p. 56-60, 2017. Disponível em: <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1679007316300688> Acesso em: 29 jun. 2017. doi: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1679007316300688.
Abstract:	Spatial and temporal aggregation patterns of wildlife-vehicle collisions are recurrently used to informwhere and when mitigation measures are most needed. The aim of this study is to assess if such aggre-gation patterns remain in the same locations and periods over time and at different spatial and temporalscales. We conducted biweekly surveys (n = 484) on 114 km of nine roads, searching for road casualties(n = 4422). Aggregations were searched using different lengths of road sections (500, 1000, 2000 m) andtime periods (fortnightly, monthly, bimonthly). Our results showed that hotspots and hot-moments aregenerally more consistent at larger temporal and spatial scales. We therefore suggest using longer roadsections and longer time periods to implement mitigation measures in order to minimize the uncer-tainty. We support this finding by showing that the proportional costs and benefits to mitigate roadkillaggregations are similar when using different spatial and temporal units.
Licença::	© 2017 Associação Brasileira de Ciência Ecológica e Conservação. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda.This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
DOI:	https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pecon.2017.03.003
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