Drivers of human-wildlife impact events involving mammals in Southeastern Brazil

Hilário, Renato R.; Carvalho, William Douglas de; Gheler‐Costa, Carla; Rosalino, Luís Miguel; Marques, Tiago A.; Adania, Cristina Harumi; Paulino, J.S.; Almeida, Pedro Monteiro de; Mustin, Karen

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148600

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“…According to a survey of human-fauna impact events conducted by the non-governmental organization Associação Mata Ciliar carried out by Hilário et al (2021), mortality was not homogeneous along the roads, being determined with data from animals that were taken to non-governmental organizations after getting involved in these events, influenced by the detection of the relationship between the length of roads and the number of animals run over, which corroborates our survey.…”

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Survey of wildlife rescued and treated from 2014 to 2016 in Joinville (SC), Brazil

Barbosa

Gneiding

Ribeiro

et al. 2021

Rev. Bras. Ciênc. Ambient.

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Natural ecosystems are in constant conflict with the growing and disordered urban expansion, arising from the mismanagement of human developments and infrastructure, facing an accelerated rate of deforestation and defaunation. The intense pressure on natural environments impacts the local fauna through various incidents, generating high mortality, such as hit-and-run, window-crashing, attacks by domestic animals, dissemination of diseases and electrocution. The purpose of this study was to carry out a retrospective survey of the wild fauna rescued and treated at a clinic associated with the environmental police in the region of Joinville - SC. A total of 379 wild animals were treated at the clinic from 2014 to 2016. Of these, 262 (69.13%) were birds, 107 (28.23%) mammals, 9 (2.37%) reptiles and 1 (0.26%) amphibian. The main causes of referral for clinical care were due to trauma (50.66%), seizures (1.32%) and other causes (48.02%), such as home invasion and orphaned puppies. Among the reasons for traumas, pedestrian accidents were the most prevalent, representing 39.58% of the cases treated, followed by animals found to be debilitated without a defined cause (31.77%), attack by domestic animals (14.58%) and window-crashing (9.89%). The data obtained in this study show a rich diversity of species in Joinville. These species are exposed to several anthropogenic challenges and barriers derived mainly from intense displacement and human invasion, causing many animals to move in order to adapt to urban areas.

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Survey of wildlife rescued and treated from 2014 to 2016 in Joinville (SC), Brazil

Barbosa

Gneiding

Ribeiro

et al. 2021

Rev. Bras. Ciênc. Ambient.

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“…These accidents are a great danger to the life and safety of car drivers, cause property damage to vehicles (Díaz-Varela et al, 2011;Groot Bruinderink and Hazebroek, 1996), and are a real peril to wildlife populations (Hilário et al, 2021;Coffin, 2007). For instance, in 2017 in Spain, traffic accidents were the fourth external cause of death behind suicides, drownings and accidental falls (Press release of the INE, October 2018).…”

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Modeling Road Traffic Safety Based on Point Patterns of Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions

Llagostera¹,

Comas²,

López³

2022

SSRN Journal

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Policy-making for peri-urban landscapes as arenas of human-wildlife interactions

Roth,

Kleemann,

Spyra

2024

Urban Ecosyst

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Peri-urban landscapes are transitional areas between urban and rural areas that are constantly changing. They are characterised by land use mixes and land cover changes, leading to significant changes in wildlife habitats. These changes, combined with an increasing anthropogenic presence, turn peri-urban landscapes into arenas of intensified human-wildlife interactions. In many scientifically documented cases, scientists are focusing on negative interactions. Furthermore, research about appropriate policy instruments for managing human-wildlife interactions is rare. This study focused on case studies and their characteristics from around the world on positive, neutral, or negative interactions between humans and wildlife at local level. In addition, influencing factors of human-wildlife interactions and policy instruments for managing human-wildlife interactions in peri-urban landscapes were addressed. A survey was conducted with an international group of scientists and practitioners working in this field. The results showed that various species were involved in human-wildlife interactions in peri-urban landscapes worldwide, with mammals as being the most common taxon. Contemporary changes in land use and land cover could be identified as a significant factor for increasing human-wildlife interactions in peri-urban landscapes. It can be highlighted that a policy mix consisting mainly of social and cultural instruments in combination with legal and regulatory instruments could be most suitable to address this situation.

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Drivers of human-wildlife impact events involving mammals in Southeastern Brazil

Cited by 8 publications

References 52 publications

Survey of wildlife rescued and treated from 2014 to 2016 in Joinville (SC), Brazil

Survey of wildlife rescued and treated from 2014 to 2016 in Joinville (SC), Brazil

Modeling Road Traffic Safety Based on Point Patterns of Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions

Policy-making for peri-urban landscapes as arenas of human-wildlife interactions

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