Best practice guide for monitoring and recording fauna mortality data from roadkill. LIFE LINES Project.

Abstract

This best practice guide gathers and presents the procedures for the collection and treatment of information from recorded fauna roadkill, based on the experience acquired in the framework of the LIFE LINES (LIFE14 NAT/ PT/001081) project and others, such as MOVE project, conducted by the University of Évora. This guide presents basic or introductory aspects related with the implementation of a roadkill monitoring plan and is mainly directed to those involved in environmental monitoring, municipalities or local governances, and even concerned citizens. By offering the essential bases to adopt best practices for monitoring and recording roadkill, this guide is expected to help developing actions to mitigate fauna mortality and to increase road safety at local and national scales.