Bird casualties on European roads - a review

• Autorzy: Erritzoe J , Mazgajski T.D. , Rejt L.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Road traffic affects the natural environment in numerous ways. The most striking of these is the death of wild animals and birds as a result of collisions with moving vehicles. In this paper the available data on bird mortality on roads are reviewed. Estimates of annual mortality for some European countries (350 000 to 27 million birds), the monthly distribution of casualties, their distribution among sex and age classes, as well as the methods used in the study of this problem are presented. The species composition of birds killed in this way is compared for several countries. In western Europe sparrows and Blackbirds are the species that most frequently die on the roads, but in Central and Eastern Europe not only sparrows but also corvids and Barn Swallows make up a high proportion of the victims. Analysis of the monthly distribution of casualties in 10 species shows this to differ between countries, probably because of the geographic variation of certain aspects of their biology (migration, breeding etc.). Several factors affecting the frequency of casualties are discussed, and some suggestions for the prevention of bird casualties are also given.

PL

Drogi wpływają na ptaki na wiele sposobów. Jednym z najbardziej znaczących jest śmiertelność w wyniku kolizji z pojazdami. W prezentowanej pracy zebrano europejskie dane dotyczące tego zagadnienia — szacunki śmiertelności ptaków w skali roku (Tab. 1), zróżnicowanie miesięczne (Fig. 2), rozkład płci i wieku ofiar (Tab. 4 i 5), stosowane metodyki badań. Dla szeregu państw przeprowadzono porównania składu gatunkowego ofiar kolizji. Zgromadzone dane wskazują, że w Europie Zachodniej wśród ptaków najczęściej ginących na drogach dominują wróble domowe i kosy (Tab. 2), natomiast w państwach Europy Centralnej i Wschodniej, oprócz wróbli, ofiarami kolizji padają także ptaki krukowate i dymówki (Tab. 2). Wśród 10 gatunków ptaków, dla których przeprowadzono analizę całoroczną śmiertelności na drogach, wykazano znaczne różnice między krajami, z których pochodziły analizowane dane (Fig. 2). W pracy omówiono także niektóre czynniki wpływające na częstość kolizji ptaków z pojazdami, jak również propozycje działań zmierzających do zmniejszenia negatywnego wpływu ruchu drogowego na ptaki.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

European road; casualty; bird; sex ratio; conservation; learning ability; road planning; road kill; road casualty

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Ornithologica
• Rocznik: 2003
• Tom: 38
• Numer: 2
• Opis fizyczny: p.77-93,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Erritzoe J

• House of Bird Research, Taps, Christiansfeld, DK-6070 Denmark

autor

Mazgajski T.D.

autor

Rejt L.

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