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Decreased traffic volume during COVID-19 did not reduce roadkill on fenced highway network in Japan

verfasst von: Yushin Asari

Erschienen in: Landscape and Ecological Engineering | Ausgabe 1/2022

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The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly reduced human activities through city lock-downs and restricted traffic flows. It had been suggested that roadkill occurrences are strongly associated with traffic volume. I evaluated the association between traffic volume and roadkill during COVID-19, from March to May 2020, using 26,130 roadkill data points recorded from the highway network in Hokkaido from 2010 to 2020, Japan. Results showed that there was a significant positive correlation between roadkill numbers and traffic volume over the past decade. However, the roadkill during COVID-19 restricted human activity did not diminish, although traffic volume decreased during this period.

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Titel: Decreased traffic volume during COVID-19 did not reduce roadkill on fenced highway network in Japan
verfasst von: Yushin Asari
Publikationsdatum: 22.11.2021
Verlag: Springer Japan
Erschienen in: Landscape and Ecological Engineering / Ausgabe 1/2022
Print ISSN: 1860-1871
Elektronische ISSN: 1860-188X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11355-021-00487-2

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