Modeling the Effect of Traffic Calming on Local Animal Population Persistence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4238684 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frank Van Langevelde (0000-0001-8870-0797, Wageningen University & Research), Catharinus F Jaarsma |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Conservation Ecology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1195-5449 • E-ISSN: 1708-3087 |
| Publisher | Resilience Alliance (PUBLISHER • CA) |
| DOI | 10.5751/es-03061-140239 |
| OpenAlex | W2109146229 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 1 |
A steady growth in traffic volumes in industrialized countries with dense human populations is expected, especially on minor roads. As a consequence, the fragmentation of wildlife populations will increase dramatically. In human-dominated landscapes, typically minor roads occur in high densities, and animals encounter them frequently. Traffic calming is a new approach to mitigate negative impacts by reducing traffic volumes and speeds on minor roads at a regional scale. This leads to a distinction between roads with low volumes as being part of the traffic-calmed area, whereas roads with bundled traffic are located around this area. Within the traffic-calmed area, volumes and speeds can be decreased substantially; this is predicted to decrease the disturbance and mortality risk for animals. Thus far, data on the effects of traffic calming on wildlife population persistence remain scarce. Using metapopulation theory, we derived a model to estimate thresholds in the size of traffic-calmed areas and traffic volumes that may allow persistent populations. Our model suggests that traffic calming largely increases the persistence of roe deer in a landscape with a dense road network. Our modeling results show trade-offs between traffic volume on roads within the traffic-calmed area and both the area of habitat available for this species in the trafficcalmed area and the size of the traffic-calmed area. These results suggest ways to mitigate the fragmentation of wildlife habitat by road networks and their expected traffic volumes
Biological dispersal · Biology · Geography · Habitat · Habitat destruction · Habitat fragmentation · Metapopulation · Population · Traffic calming · Wildlife · Demography · Environmental Science · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation · Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation · Ecology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2011 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |