In Europe, roe deer Capreolus capreolus is one of the biggest mammal spe cies killed in traffic, and the number of accidents seems to increase. The pur pose of our paper is to point out the most important factors causing traffic k illin g s and to suggest conservation measures that may reduce the number of roe deer killings in traffic. Our study is based on data including 115 roe deer killed in traffic at the K al& oslash; estate in East Jutland, Denmark, during 1956Denmark, during -1985 No sig nificant correlation was found between the number of traffic killings of roe deer and mean daily traffic, but the number of roe deer killed in traffic varied sig nificantly over the seasons. The distribution pattern of roe deer/car collision sites was clumped. The risk of being killed in traffic was highest for young and old roe deer. Significantly more adult females, adult males and subadult males than expected were killed in traffic, and significantly more individuals were killed in years when most of the fields next to the roads were left unsown in winter. We suggest that the following measures be taken to prevent traffic killings: increasing areas with winter cereal or wintergreen fields, clearing the vegeta tion adjacent to roads and reducing car speed in high-risk areas.

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Samples from 282 specimens of red deer (Cervus elaphus L.) representing eleven localities, were collected during two hunting seasons, 1986-87 and 1987-88. Four polymorphic isozymes are investigated, and allelic distributions among the populations within an area or among areas are heterogeneous. The differentiation among the populations may be explained as a result of random genetic drift. A dendrogram reveals that seven of the nine populations from the peninsula of Jutland are closely related.