Daily roadkill monitoring of small mammals (Sciuridae)

Subcategory: mortality monitoring

Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Description

Daily walking surveys along a road transect to detect, identify, tag and remove small mammal roadkill carcasses within hours of detection. Compared detection efficiency against simulated weekly surveys.

Typical Equipment

County Road 317
ear tags
identification tags for carcasses

Output Measurements

daily roadkill counts
carcass detection rates
sex-specific mortality rates

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Daily roadkill monitoring and long-term population census reveal female-biased mortality for a small mammal along a wildland-urban interface

2023Biological Conservationintroducing