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Several negative impacts emerge from this interaction, including wildlife\u2013vehicle collisions (WVC), which may represent a significant source of non-natural mortality in several species. The understanding of the main drivers of WVC is, therefore, crucial to improve the safe coexistence between human needs (transportation of goods and people) and animal populations.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Aims<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We aimed to (1) evaluate the relative influence of land-cover patterns on the distribution of WVC, (2) assess whether WVCs are clustered forming hotspots of mortality, and, if so, (3) evaluate the benefits of mitigating only hotspot sections.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We collected WVC data involving medium\u2013large mammals (4\u2013260\u00a0kg) along three road transects (920\u00a0km), fortnightly over 1 year (n\u00a0=\u00a01006 records). We used boosted regression trees to relate the WVC locations with a set of environmental variables including a roadkill index, reflecting overall habitat suitability and landscape connectivity, while accounting for spatial autocorrelation effects. We identified hotspots of mortality using Ripley\u2019s K statistic and testing whether data follow a random Poisson distribution correcting for Type I error.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Key results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We found a strong association between WVC probability and roadkill index for all focal species. Distance to riparian areas, tree cover, terrain ruggedness and distance to urban areas were also important predictors, although to a lesser extent. We detected 21 hotspots of mortality, yet with little spatial overlapping as only four road sections (2%) were classified as hotspot for more than one species.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our results supported that WVC mainly occur in road sections traversing areas with more abundant and diverse mammal communities. Hotspots of mortality may provide important information to prioritise road sections for mitigation, but this should be used in complement with roadkill indexes accounting for overall mortality.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Implications<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The results support focusing on hotspots and habitat quality and landscape connectivity for a better assessment of road mortality. At the local scale, a larger number and improved road passages with exclusionary fencing of appropriate mesh size in riparian areas may provide safe crossings for many species and constitute a promising mitigation measure.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1071\/wr16108","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,3,19]],"date-time":"2017-03-19T20:49:22Z","timestamp":1489956562000},"page":"135-146","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":68,"title":["Spatial patterns of road mortality of medium\u2013large mammals in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil"],"prefix":"10.1071","volume":"44","author":[{"given":"Fernando","family":"Ascens\u00e3o","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"ABrazilian Center for Road Ecology (CBEE), Ecology Sector, Department of Biology, Federal University of Lavras, Campus Universit\u00e1rio, CP 3037, Lavras, MG CEP 37200-000, Brazil."},{"name":"BInfraestruturas de Portugal Biodiversity Chair \u2013 CIBIO\/InBio, Centro de Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o em Biodiversidade e Recursos Gen\u00e9ticos, Universidade do Porto, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal."},{"name":"CCEABN\/InBio, Centro de Ecologia Aplicada \u2018Professor Baeta Neves\u2019, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal."},{"name":"HCorresponding author. 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