ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2020
Impacts and Potential Mitigation of Road Mortality for Hedgehogs in Europe.
Review in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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14 citing papers in PubMed.
- West European Hedgehog (Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- On the Brink, a Population of Hedgehogs in Central London.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Evidence for High Levels of Gene Flow in Hedgehogs (Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Causes of Admission, Mortality and Pathological Findings in European Hedgehogs: Reports from Two University Centers in Italy and Switzerland.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Applied Hedgehog Conservation Research.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- A Review of the Occurrence of Metals and Xenobiotics in European Hedgehogs (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Review
- Testing the Impact of Robotic Lawn Mowers on European Hedgehogs (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Facing Danger: Exploring Personality and Reactions of European Hedgehogs (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Prickly Connections: Sociodemographic Factors Shaping Attitudes, Perception and Biological Knowledge about the European Hedgehog.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Plastic Entanglement Poses a Potential Hazard to European HedgehogsAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Anyone Can Get Old-All You Have to Do Is Live Long Enough: Understanding Mortality and Life Expectancy in European Hedgehogs (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
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- How Is Wildlife Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic? Lockdown Effect on the Road Mortality of Hedgehogs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Beneficial Land Management for Hedgehogs (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2020Article
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Abstract
Transport infrastructure is a pervasive element in modern landscapes and continues to expand to meet the demands of a growing human population and its associated resource consumption. Road-induced mortality is often thought to be a major contributor to the marked declines of European hedgehog populations. This review synthesizes available evidence on the population-level impacts of road mortality and the threat to population viability for the five hedgehog species in Europe. Local and national studies suggest that road mortality can cause significant depletions in population sizes, predominantly removing adult males. Traffic collisions are a probable cause of fragmentation effects, subsequently undermining ecological processes such as dispersal, as well as the genetic variance and fitness of isolated populations. Further studies are necessary to improve population estimates and explicitly examine the consequences of sex- and age-specific mortality rates. Hedgehogs have been reported to use crossing structures, such as road tunnels, yet evaluations of mitigation measures for population survival probability are largely absent. This highlights the need for robust studies that consider population dynamics and genetics in response to mitigation. In light of ongoing declines of hedgehog populations, it is paramount that applied research is prioritised and integrated into a holistic spatial planning process.
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