Wildlife-vehicle collisions in Croatia--a hazard for humans and animals

This article focuses on the increasing problem of wildlife-vehicle collisions, which can impacted by habitat fragmentation and can go on to influence wildlife behavior changes and the disappearance of local endangered population. Wildlife-vehicle collisions can also cause injuries and deaths of humans, and this study examines the incidence of these collisions during a three-year monitoring period. Results found that most of the 7,495 collisions recorded involved roe deer (73%), followed by wild boar (9%), brown hare (5%) and red deer and pheasant (4% each). The study also observed wildlife-vehicle collisions according to territorial distribution, seasonal and daily occurrence and type of road.

• Record URL:
  http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/153772
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• Authors:
  • Sprem, Nikica
  • Dudukovic, Dejan
  • Keros, Tomislav
  • Konjevic, Dean
• Publication Date: 2013

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 531-535
• Serial:
  • Collegium Antropologicum
  • Volume: 37
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Croatian Anthropological Society
  • ISSN: 0350-6134
  • Serial URL: http://www.hrvatsko-antropolosko-drustvo.hr/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash data; Crashes; Deer; Habitat (Ecology); Traffic crashes; Wildlife
• Geographic Terms: Croatia
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I15: Environment; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01493444
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 2013 9:54AM