Journal
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D-TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT
Volume 17, Issue 8, Pages 585-587Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2012.06.009
Keywords
Avoidance distance; Qinghai-Tibet Highway; Tibetan antelope; Tibetan gazelle; Animal highway accidents
Funding
- Chinese National Foundation for Nature Sciences [30900167]
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We compare the avoidance distances from Qinghai-Tibet Highway between two sympatric ungulate species, Tibetan antelope and Tibetan gazelle, in June and August of 2010 and July and August of 2011. The results show that Tibetan antelope avoid the road significantly more than Tibetan gazelle. At the times of day when traffic volume is high the avoidance distance in both species unexpectedly decreases. This suggests they are relatively undisturbed by the traffic but that they have a diurnal rhythm that involves resting far from the road in night. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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