Title
Vertebrates road-killed in Tambogrande, Piura, Peru
Other title
Mortandad de vertebrados por atropellos en carre-teras en Tambogrande, Piura, Peru.
Date Issued
25 May 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidad Católica Del Norte
Publisher(s)
Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
Among the negative impacts on biodiversity caused by road works, such as road and highways, are the killed caused by collisions with vehicles. In this study, the mortality of amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals by collision with vehicles is determined, on three roads that converge in the Tambogrande district (Piura in northern Peru), and the places with the highest incidence are established. Observations were between January and June of 2018 with a frequency of 24 trips once a week between the hours of 7.00 and 14.00. The trips were taken on a motorcycle at 25 km/h. Geographical coordinates of the point of collisions were recorded. The vertebrates mortality in transects lines was analyzed using the Kilometric Abundance Index (KAI). High incidence places were determined with a Kernel Density Analysis. 437 animals were found dead corresponding to 29 species. The animal group most affected was mammals followed by birds, reptiles and amphibians in that order. The mean KAI was 0.2 (95% CI 0.1 - 0.3) No of incidences/km. We determinate 24 points of high incidence, they were close to each other. Based in our results, we propose to build eight animal crossing structures for vertebrates complemented with appropriate transit signals.
Start page
131
End page
138
Volume
27
Issue
2
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia animal, Ciencia de productos lácteos
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85086020774
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
15610837
Sources of information:
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