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locations, prioritizing those with the most roadkill in number or those for a particular target species for conservation. Roadkill hotspots vary spatially and temporally, depending on the scale, duration of monitoring, and both the species and season in question. They can be calculated using roadkill survey data; GPS coordinates of roadkill collected by researchers and highway maintenance personnel, or increasingly, civilian-reported data. Additionally, roadkill hotspots can be projected by using a model to ascertain probable locations; models typically use existing wildlife abundance, distribution, and mitigation data combined with landscape variables (distance to forest, wetland, grassland, road elevation, road width, speed limit, etc.) and climatic data (temperature, humidity, precipitation, etc.). Models are often used to determine the probable roadkill locations of ecologically sensitive animals or during the planning stages of a new road, it is noted that these locations may not align perfectly with sites of highest animal crossing attempts. Many academics stress the combined value of animal abundance and migration data with roadkill hotspots as a more assured way to ascertain the best locations to construct
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ecosystem role, e.g. birds, small mammals, reptiles, specialists, etc. Additionally, specific animal types require specific types of mitigation infrastructure, e.g. even if a bird and reptile hotspot overlaps, both require different types of fencing. Combining an endangered animal with roadkill data from its animal type serves to protect both the endangered and all members of its kind, though hotspot locations can fluctuate between individual species within the same family group.
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the road, which creates a barrier effect and can lead to passive Often, an animal will live long enough after a wildlife-vehicle collision to make it off of the roadway and therefore go undetected. The detection of roadkill, or lack thereof, is a concern for researchers, as animal size generally favours detectability, resulting in roadkill hotspots of larger, easily-detected animals.
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should consider these factors. Road mortality surveys (researcher-conducted scanning of the roadway looking for roadkill) are most effective when adhering to a consistent and systematic protocol so that accumulated data are a good representation of the research site regardless of time.
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