The effect of road kills on amphibian populations

By Tove Hels, E. Buchwald. 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change

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Road-Crossing Structures for Amphibians and Reptiles: Informing Design through Behavioral Analysis (2007, unknown): “All rights reserved . u (H.W. Woltz), jpgibbs@e cles (Hels and Buchwald, 2001; Steen et al., 2006; Roe and Georges, 2007).”
Determinants and Consequences of Dispersal in Vertebrates with Complex Life Cycles: A Review of Pond-Breeding Amphibians (2018, background): “Third, high mortality due to collisions with vehicles may occur when amphibians are forced to cross roads (Hels and Buchwald 2001; Andrews et al. 2008; Beebee 2013).”
Can road mortality limit populations of pool-breeding amphibians? (2005, methodology): “…volume The probability that a salamander would be killed as it attempted to cross a road, pkilled, was estimated based on an equation adapted from Hels and Buchwald (2001): pkilled ¼ 1 e Na=v where N = traffic volume in vehicles/min, a = width of the kill-zone on a road (m), and v = velocity…”
Research, part of a Special Feature on Effects of Roads and Traffic on Wildlife Populations and Landscape Function Quantifying the Road-Effect Zone: Threshold Effects of a Motorway on Anuran Populations in Ontario, Canada (2009, unknown): “Traffic mortality may also have played a role in the low abundances of the American toad near the highway, because the related European toad (Bufo bufo) is known to be vulnerable to road mortality (Schlupp and Podloucky 1994, Hels and Buchwald 2001).”
Anthropogenic sounds differentially affect amphibian call rate (2005, background): “While the direct consequences of vehicles on amphibians, such as road kills have been examined (Fahrig et al., 1995; Hels and Buchwald, 2001), the acoustical effects of these man-made machines remain poorly understood.”
Plasticity in the vocalizations of anurans in response to traffic noise (2010, background): “Several authors have suggested that trafficmortality (road kill) is themain reason for these negative relationships (Fahrig et al., 1995; Hels and Buchwald, 2001; Mazerolle, 2004).”
BEHAVIOR OF AMPHIBIANS ON THE ROAD IN RESPONSE TO CAR TRAFFIC (2005, background): “Pond-breeding amphibians, which migrate in large numbers to and from breeding sites, are particularly vulnerable to ‘‘collisions’’ with vehicles (Fahrig et al., 1995; Hels and Buchwald, 2001; Palis, 1994).”
How do Highways Influence Snake Movement? Behavioral Responses to Roads and Vehicles (2005, methodology): “This behavior differs from that of amphibians, which tend to cross at a wider distribution of angles, often orienting in a specific direction; therefore, for amphibians, crossing angles would vary with site (Hels and Buchwald, 2001).”
Forest Roads as Partial Barriers to Terrestrial Salamander Movement (2005, background): “First, collisions with vehicles (i.e., roadkill) ∗email marshd@wlu.edu Paper submitted August 24, 2004; revised manuscript accepted December 21, 2004. can result in high mortality rates (Hels & Buchwald 2001; Erritzoe et al. 2003).”
Amphibian road mortality in Europe: a meta-analysis with new data from Poland (2009, methodology): “In contrast, our figures for common frogs are three to four times higher than those obtained in Denmark (Hels and Buchwald 2001).”
Impacts of varying habitat quality on the physiological stress of spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) (2003, background): “However, automobile traffic is by far the more potent danger associated with road crossing by amphibians (e.g. Fahrig et al., 1995; deMaynadier & Hunter, 2000; Hels & Buchwald, 2001), so the physiological effects demonstrated here are unlikely to be the most important consequence.”
Spring migration distances of some Central European amphibian species (2009, background): “After they reach sexual maturity, their movement is mostly restricted to much shorter migrations between the pond of their first spawning (Berven and Grudzien, 1990; Schlupp and Podlucky, 1994), to which they show considerable fidelity, and a summer home range or hibernation place (Joly and Miaud, 1”
The effects of 20 years of highway presence on the genetic structure of Rana dalmatina populations (2006, background): “…and pollution (Hecnar & M’Closkey, 1996), and their impact on population substructure is one of the factors responsible for the global amphibian decline (Alford & Richards, 1999; Hels & Buchwald, 2001; Kiesecker, Blaustein & Belden, 2001; IUCN, Conservation International and NatureServe, 2004).”
Demographic effects of road mortality in black ratsnakes (Elaphe obsoleta) (2007, unknown): “…the emerging field of road ecology have shown that many species of mammals (Dyer et al., 2002; Dickson et al., 2005; Riley et al., 2006), reptiles (Klingenbock et al., 2000; Koenig et al., 2001; Andrews and Gibbons, 2005; Richardson et al., 2006), and invertebrates (Bhattacharya et al., 2003)…”