1 Concordia University Montréal, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, Suite H1255, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3G 1M8.
2 Concordia University Montreal, Department of Biology, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, Montréal, Québec, Canada H4B 1R6.
3 Western Transportation Institute, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA.
4 Loyola Sustainability Research Centre, Concordia University Montréal, 7141 Sherbrooke St. West, Montréal, Québec, Canada H4B 1R6.

Road mortality locations of small and medium-sized mammals along a partly-fenced highway in Quebec, Canada, 2012-2015.

Data Brief. 2018 Dec;21:1209-1215

Authors: Plante J, Bélanger-Smith K, Spanowicz AG, Clevenger AP, Jaeger JAG

Abstract

The data presented here consist of the locations of 839 roadkill points from four years (2012-2015) of roadkill surveys for small and medium-sized mammals (under 30?kg) from a four-lane highway in Quebec (Highway 175) during the months of May to October. Seventeen species or species groups were identified, all local to the area, and none of which were identified as species at risk, threatened, or endangered. The GPS coordinates of each roadkill event are given, along with the date, time of day (morning or evening), location (northbound or southbound lanes) and species (where possible). Within the surveyed road, 18 wildlife passages with 100?m fencing on each side of the passage entrances were built for small and medium-sized mammals. The GPS coordinates of the 18 passages and the end of each corresponding fence are also provided.

PMID: 30456234 [PubMed]