Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Scientific names of species referred to in this text
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Status and distribution patterns of European ungulates: genetics, population history and conservation
- 3 A review of the various legal and administrative systems governing management of large herbivores in Europe
- 4 Hunting seasons in relation to biological breeding seasons and the implications for the control or regulation of ungulate populations
- 5 The census and management of populations of ungulates in Europe
- 6 Impacts of wild ungulates on vegetation: costs and benefits
- 7 Wild ungulate diseases and the risk for livestock and public health
- 8 Traffic collisions involving deer and other ungulates in Europe and available measures for mitigation
- 9 Large herbivores as ‘environmental engineers’
- 10 Ungulate–large carnivore relationships in Europe
- 11 The role of pathogens in the population dynamics of European ungulates
- 12 Climate change and implications for the future distribution and management of ungulates in Europe
- 13 Ungulate management in Europe: towards a sustainable future
- Index
- References
8 - Traffic collisions involving deer and other ungulates in Europe and available measures for mitigation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 April 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Scientific names of species referred to in this text
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Status and distribution patterns of European ungulates: genetics, population history and conservation
- 3 A review of the various legal and administrative systems governing management of large herbivores in Europe
- 4 Hunting seasons in relation to biological breeding seasons and the implications for the control or regulation of ungulate populations
- 5 The census and management of populations of ungulates in Europe
- 6 Impacts of wild ungulates on vegetation: costs and benefits
- 7 Wild ungulate diseases and the risk for livestock and public health
- 8 Traffic collisions involving deer and other ungulates in Europe and available measures for mitigation
- 9 Large herbivores as ‘environmental engineers’
- 10 Ungulate–large carnivore relationships in Europe
- 11 The role of pathogens in the population dynamics of European ungulates
- 12 Climate change and implications for the future distribution and management of ungulates in Europe
- 13 Ungulate management in Europe: towards a sustainable future
- Index
- References
Summary
Introduction: the scale of the problem
As road infrastructures proliferate, traffic volumes and speeds rise, and ungulate densities also increase throughout Europe (Gill, 1990; Apollonio et al., 2010), so the frequency of road traffic accidents involving wildlife also escalates throughout Europe.
In 1982 some 10 000 road accidents were recorded in Sweden due to collisions with moose, red deer and roe deer; by 1993 that number had risen to 55 000, with mortality of roe deer alone in excess of 50 000 (Groot Bruinderink and Hazebroek, 1996). Statistics presented by Groot Bruinderink and Hazebroek showed this to be a general trend throughout Europe, and suggested that, at that time, vehicle–ungulate collisions in Europe as whole may have been of the order of 500 000. Estimates offered by Apollonio et al. (2010) indicate that, at least in those countries where estimates are attempted, numbers had risen substantially by 2005 (Table 8.1). Formal records are only maintained in a small proportion of countries, whereas in many others comparable data are not available. It is therefore not possible to offer an accurate estimate for the total number of collisions occurring in Europe as a whole, although we may note that totals recorded in the table (for fewer than half the countries of Europe) already approximate to 400 000, with the full toll of ungulates killed annually on European roads likely to be closer to 1 million.
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- Ungulate Management in EuropeProblems and Practices, pp. 215 - 259Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011
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