Road Traffic Effects on Bats and Conservation Proposals

Bartonička T., Gaisler J., Řehák Z.

Plant and animal communities are affected both by road construction and road traffic. In studies of road traffic effect on mortality of vertebrates bats have only rarely been mentioned. The article presents both evidence of bat mortality after collision with cars and information on flying and hunting bat activity along roads, as well as in their vicinity.

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