Road kills of mammal species in the Van Lake Basin Turkey

Year 2018, Volume: 11 Issue: 1, 40 - 44, 01.01.2018

Kubilay Toyran Özdemir Adızel Erkan Azizoğlu

Abstract

This study was conducted on the road surrounding Lake Van D300-D975-E99 roads between February 2016 and January 2017. It is aimed to identify the species and mortality rates of the mammals that die as a result of car crash in the highway. As a result of the study, 57 cases which belong to 8 species in Eulipotyphla, Lagomorpha, Rodentia and Carnivora orders of the Mammalia class were recorded. The primary mammal species killed in car crashes are stone marten Martes foina n=19 , hedgehog Erinaceus concolor n= 17 and red fox Vulpes vulpes n=13 respectively. Mortality for mammal species was calculated as 0.276 ind/km/year.In addition, a solution to reduce deaths has been proposed

Keywords

Traffic , mortality , road , mammals , Van Lake

Van Gölü Havzası’ndaki Türkiye memeli türlerinin yol ölümleri

Abstract

Bu araştırma Şubat 2016 ve Ocak 2017 tarihleri arasında Van Gölü’nü çevreleyen karayolunda D300-D975E99 karayolları gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bu karayolunda araç çarpması sonucu ölen memeli türlerinin ve ölüm oranlarının tespiti amaçlanmıştır. Çalışma sonucunda memeli sınıfının Eulipotyphla, Lagomorpha, Rodentia ve Carnivora takımlarına mensup 8 türe ait toplam 57 vaka kaydedilmiştir. Araç çarpması sonucu ölen memeli türlerinin başında sırasıyla kaya sansarı Martes foina n=19 , kirpi Erinaceus concolor n= 17 ve tilki Vulpes vulpes n=13 gelmektedir. Memeli türleri için ölüm oranı 0.276 ind/km/year olarak hesaplanmıştır. Ayrıca ölüm vakalarını azaltmaya yönelik çözüm önerileri sunulmuştur

Keywords

Trafik , ölüm oranı , karayolu , memeliler , Van Gölü

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