Spatial and temporal relationships between deer harvest and deer-vehicle collisions at Oak Ridge Reservation, Tennessee

Muller, Lisa I.; Hackworth, Amanda M.; Giffen, Neil R; Henning, Jason G.; Hickling, Graham J.; Allen, Phillip

doi:10.1002/wsb.446

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“…Brief Descriptive Narrative Culling is the process of killing animals in an effort to reduce their population size because of humanwildlife conflicts, disease, or conflicts with other species (Urbanek et al 2011, Williams et al 2013, Muller et al 2014, Mawson et al 2016. In some cases, especially on islands, the objective is to not just reduce the population size of a species, but to eradicate a non-native species from the area with the goal to restore native species (Portelli andCarlile 2020, Serr et al 2020).…”

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Animal Vehicle Collision Reduction and Habitat Connectivity Pooled Fund Study – Literature Review

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Ament²,

Bell³

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This report contains a summary of past research and new knowledge about the effectiveness of mitigation measures aimed at reducing animal-vehicle collisions and at providing safe crossing opportunities for wildlife. The measures are aimed at terrestrial large bodied wild mammal species, free roaming large livestock species (e.g. cattle, horses), free roaming large feral species (e.g. “wild” horses and burros), and small animal species (amphibians, reptiles, and small mammals). While mitigation is common, it is best to follow a three-step approach: avoidance, mitigation, and compensation or “off-site” mitigation. If reducing collisions with large wild mammals is the only objective, the most effective measures include roadside animal detection systems, wildlife culling, wildlife relocation, anti-fertility treatments, wildlife barriers (fences),and wildlife fences in combination with wildlife crossing structures. If the objectives also include maintaining or improving connectivity for large wild mammals, then wildlife barriers (fences) in combination with wildlife crossing structures are most effective. Measures for large domestic mammal species are largely similar, though for free roaming livestock there are legal, moral and ethical issues. For small animal species, temporary or permanent road closure and road removal are sometimes implemented, but barriers in combination with crossing structures are the most common.

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Animal Vehicle Collision Reduction and Habitat Connectivity Pooled Fund Study – Literature Review

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Ament²,

Bell³

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“…• White-tailed deer − Statistics on deer/vehicle collisions (Muller et al 2014) − Aging techniques to determine the structure of the population (Tennessee Tech graduate student project) (Mitchell 1989) − Hunt data for sex, age, location killed, liver, bone, radioactivity levels, chronic wasting disease, Lyme disease (ticks), and abosomal parasite counts -Reptile and amphibian surveys • Remediation-effects-related research -Turtles, fish, and benthos invertebrates…”

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Wildlife Management Plan for the Oak Ridge Reservation

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McCracken

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“…While some indeed found that vehicles and trains collide more with deer at some particular times of the lunar cycle (e.g. full moon nights; see Colino‐Rabanal et al, 2018; Gundersen & Andreassen, 1998; Ignatavičius et al, 2021; Kawata, 2011; Steiner et al, 2021), others found no effect at all (Kreling et al, 2019; Vrkljan et al, 2020) or showed that lunar cycles were associated with collisions only at certain times of the year (Colino‐Rabanal et al, 2018; Muller et al, 2014). Finally, studies that considered multiple species found significant species‐specific differences in the effect of lunar cycles on roadkill (Mayer et al, 2021).…”

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Accounting for cloud cover and circannual variation puts the effect of lunar phase on deer–vehicle collisions into perspective

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Stendardi

Bužan

et al. 2023

Journal of Applied Ecology

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Although several studies have focused on the influence of moonlight on deer–vehicle collisions, findings have been inconsistent. This may be due to neglect of the effects of cloud cover, a major impediment to moon illumination and circannual variation in both deer and human activity. We assessed how median cloud cover interacted with the illuminated fraction of the moon in affecting daily roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) roadkill in Slovenia (Central Europe). Data included nationwide roadkill (n = 49,259), collected between 2010 and 2019 by hunters, as required by law. Roadkill peaked under medium to high cloud cover and decreased during nights with low or extremely high cloudiness. This pattern was more pronounced on nights with a full moon. However, the effects of moon illumination and cloud cover had a lower predictive potential than circannual variation, as collisions clearly peaked in April/May, July and August/September. Our results suggest that moonlight could influence roe deer movements through compensatory foraging. However, on nights with a full moon, collisions could also be affected by weather. On bright nights, roe deer might be less active due to increased human presence and sustained vehicular traffic. Then, with medium to high cloud cover and also rainfall, human presence in the environment may be low enough to increase deer movements, but vehicular traffic can still be intermediate, maximizing the risk of collisions. Finally, with overcast skies, widespread rainfall can reduce both traffic volume and human outdoor activity, decreasing the risk of collisions. Moon illumination may indeed affect wildlife–vehicle collisions and roadkill, but its effects should be quantified as a function of cloud cover. Moreover, to make studies truly comparable, research about wildlife–vehicle collisions should also account for time of the year. Policy implications. Because collisions with roe deer peak at particular periods of the year, signs should be installed seasonally. By doing so, they would warn drivers about the risk, improve drivers' awareness and increase their safety. Moreover, as collisions also increase on nights with a full moon and overcast skies, interactive warning signs that are activated by ground illumination should also be useful.

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Spatial and temporal relationships between deer harvest and deer-vehicle collisions at Oak Ridge Reservation, Tennessee

Cited by 11 publications

References 22 publications

Animal Vehicle Collision Reduction and Habitat Connectivity Pooled Fund Study – Literature Review

Animal Vehicle Collision Reduction and Habitat Connectivity Pooled Fund Study – Literature Review

Wildlife Management Plan for the Oak Ridge Reservation

Accounting for cloud cover and circannual variation puts the effect of lunar phase on deer–vehicle collisions into perspective

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