Sustainable Landscape Planning to Mitigate Wildlife–Vehicle Collisions

Fedorca, Ancuța; Fedorca, Mihai; Ionescu, O.; Jurj, Ramon; Ionescu, Georgeta; Popa, Marius

doi:10.3390/land10070737

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“…The question is what kind of wildlife collision mitigation measures could be effective. Fedorca et al [67] emphasized that decision-making in this case is extremely difficult. They also highlighted the importance of effective landscape management using sustainable, local and practical solutions to reduce the high risk to wildlife and human safety.…”

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Managing the Conflict of Human–Wildlife Coexistence: A Community-Based Approach

Tampakis

Andrea

Panagopoulos

et al. 2023

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One of the most recent and pressing issues for policymakers to address is the presence of wild boars in urban and rural areas. Their aggressive spread and invasion of human-populated areas have created an alarming problem as the coexistence of wild boars and people poses serious threats to human life and property. Human-caused factors, such as residential zone expansion and land use change, have exacerbated this problem. Furthermore, natural factors, such as predator reduction and climate change effects, create favorable conditions for population growth. This study sought to gain insights into citizens’ perspectives on a current issue, specifically wild boar colonization and coexistence in urban and rural settings. Between September 2021 and November 2022, a survey was conducted in two communities of northern and central Greece, addressing 800 citizens in total. Obtained through hierarchical log-linear analysis, factor analysis and two-step cluster analysis, the findings indicate that rural citizens appear to be more concerned about agricultural production losses and the high risk of road accidents, while the invasion-level perception was high in both areas. Intensive hunting has gained widespread acceptance as a management tool for wild boar populations in both urban and rural areas, while anthropocentric (EGO) and ecocentric (ECO) social groups have emerged.

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Managing the Conflict of Human–Wildlife Coexistence: A Community-Based Approach

Tampakis

Andrea

Panagopoulos

et al. 2023

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“…These cities are located in parts of the country where major infrastructure projects have been developed over the past years, suggesting possible issues related to habitat fragmentation and the effectiveness of the measures put in place to mitigate it. Corroborated with data on traffic volume (Basak et al, 2022; Fedorca et al, 2021), information on EC related to HWI could be used to design more efficient measures to prevent wildlife–vehicle collisions.…”

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Emergency‐line calls as an indicator to assess human–wildlife interaction in urban areas

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Human-wildlife interactions (HWIs) are increasingly common human disturbances as development continues to remove wildlife habitats. Documenting HWI is critical for environmental protection agencies to develop strategies and management decisions that meet the needs of both people and wildlife. However, evaluation of the frequency and types of HWI at broad spatial scales (e.g., national or regional level) can be costly and difficult to implement by managers. In this study, we apply a novel method for the evaluation of patterns of HWI in urban areas by using publicly available data from emergency calls (ECs) placed by inhabitants of Romania's urban areas. We used information from 4601 ECs placed at the Romanian National Emergency Call System 112, which consisted of (1) wildlife species, (2) spatial location, (3) date and time, and (4) a short description of the emergency. Of the 318 analyzed cities, 300 cities documented ECs on HWI between 2015 and 2020, with roe deer and brown bear being the most frequently mentioned species. We recorded an increasing trend in HWI-related ECs in 73% of the urban areas over the five-year period. We mapped the large-scale distribution of HWI by species and type of interactions in order to capture variations at the national level.Further, we analyzed the social and the biophysical factors potentially influencing the occurrence and frequency of HWI. The results showed that social factors have the same effect on all species, while the effect of the biophysical factors varied between species. Particularly, the presence of large natural habitats, represented by forests, influenced the number of calls only for brown bears. Seminatural landscapes with agricultural land have a different influence in terms of effect and significance for the considered species. Our results suggest that publicly available data from ECs can be used for the rapid assessment of HWI and for evaluating trends and predictors of HWI at broad spatial scales.Mihai I. Pop and Simona R. Gradinaru contributed equally to the work reported here.

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“…The limits of protected areas mention the following animal and plant species (Table 1). Animal effective were realized after centralizing cinegetic funds that overlay our studied area (Cazacu et al, 2014;Dinca et al, 2018;Fedorca et al, 2021).…”

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The stational and potential favorability of forest habitats for plant and animal species located in ROSCI0076 Dealul Mare-Hârlău

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Protected areas pose a major interest in the current context in which natural habitats are very fragmented as a result of economic development. The ROSCI0076 Dealul Mare-Hîrlău site represents the largest protected area from Moldova's Plateau where forest habitats occupy a majority surface. A total number of 10 Natura 2000 forest habitats were identified on the site's surface. Among them, the majority are 91Y0 -Dacian oak hornbeam forests and 9130 -Asperulo-Fagetum beech forests. These are comprised of 79% natural forests, while planted forests represent 19%. The main age ranges between 40 and 80 years, with compact areas with young forests, as well as with forests older than 100 years. Forest habitats are stable from an ecological point of view, ensuring optimum conditions for the development and colonization of species presented on the site's map.

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Sustainable Landscape Planning to Mitigate Wildlife–Vehicle Collisions

Cited by 16 publications

References 46 publications

Managing the Conflict of Human–Wildlife Coexistence: A Community-Based Approach

Managing the Conflict of Human–Wildlife Coexistence: A Community-Based Approach

Emergency‐line calls as an indicator to assess human–wildlife interaction in urban areas

The stational and potential favorability of forest habitats for plant and animal species located in ROSCI0076 Dealul Mare-Hârlău

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