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Daily roadkill monitoring of small mammals (Sciuridae)

Subcategory: mortality monitoring
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Knowledge graph centered on Daily roadkill monitoring of small mammals (Sciuridae) with 26 nodes and 99 connections. Top connected: Spruce, mark-recapture (Sciuridae), Populus, Populus tremuloides, small mammals.

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