The effects of road traffic mortality on wild
animal populations are in many cases hard to estimate and speculate, primarily
due to the inaccuracy of the methods employed in studies. On Tiger reserve
forest roadways totally, 1450 road kills belonging to 29 species was recorded
during different seasonal road mortality in monsoon, winter, summer and
pre-monsoon seasons on selected road sections in KMTR and have critically
reviewed methods used for estimating the impact of road traffic on migrating
animals. Species-specific parameter estimates of mortality, evaluated on ordinary
and special day basis counts of road kills, road kills variables, seasonal
variations of vehicle entry were positively correlated with the mean body mass
of the species. The current status shows that high amount of road kill on
forest routes have adverse impact on forest ecosystem that result from
increased contact with humans and their behavior. - See more at:
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