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  • Daylight saving time can decrease the frequency of wildlife-vehicle collisions

    Author(s)
    Ellis, William A
    FitzGibbon, Sean I
    Barth, Benjamin J
    Niehaus, Amanda C
    David, Gwendolyn K
    Taylor, Brendan D
    Matsushige, Helena
    Melzer, Alistair
    Bercovitch, Fred B
    Carrick, Frank
    Jones, Darryl N
    Dexter, Cathryn
    Gillett, Amber
    Predavec, Martin
    Lunney, Dan
    Wilson, Robbie S
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Jones, Darryl N.
    Dexter, Cathryn E.
    Year published
    2016
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    Abstract
    Daylight saving time (DST) could reduce collisions with wildlife by changing the timing of commuter traffic relative to the behaviour of nocturnal animals. To test this idea, we tracked wild koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) in southeast Queensland, where koalas have declined by 80% in the last 20 years, and compared their movements with traffic patterns along roads where they are often killed. Using a simple model, we found that DST could decrease collisions with koalas by 8% on weekdays and 11% at weekends, simply by shifting the timing of traffic relative to darkness. Wildlife conservation and road safety should become part ...
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    Daylight saving time (DST) could reduce collisions with wildlife by changing the timing of commuter traffic relative to the behaviour of nocturnal animals. To test this idea, we tracked wild koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) in southeast Queensland, where koalas have declined by 80% in the last 20 years, and compared their movements with traffic patterns along roads where they are often killed. Using a simple model, we found that DST could decrease collisions with koalas by 8% on weekdays and 11% at weekends, simply by shifting the timing of traffic relative to darkness. Wildlife conservation and road safety should become part of the debate on DST.
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    Journal Title
    Biology letters
    Volume
    12
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0632
    Subject
    Landscape ecology
    Biological sciences
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/337210
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