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dc.contributor.authorEllis, William A
dc.contributor.authorFitzGibbon, Sean I
dc.contributor.authorBarth, Benjamin J
dc.contributor.authorNiehaus, Amanda C
dc.contributor.authorDavid, Gwendolyn K
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Brendan D
dc.contributor.authorMatsushige, Helena
dc.contributor.authorMelzer, Alistair
dc.contributor.authorBercovitch, Fred B
dc.contributor.authorCarrick, Frank
dc.contributor.authorJones, Darryl N
dc.contributor.authorDexter, Cathryn
dc.contributor.authorGillett, Amber
dc.contributor.authorPredavec, Martin
dc.contributor.authorLunney, Dan
dc.contributor.authorWilson, Robbie S
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-03T01:30:29Z
dc.date.available2017-07-03T01:30:29Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn1744-9561
dc.identifier.doi10.1098/rsbl.2016.0632
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/337210
dc.description.abstractDaylight 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.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherThe Royal Society
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom20160632-1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto20160632-5
dc.relation.ispartofjournalBiology letters
dc.relation.ispartofvolume12
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLandscape ecology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiological sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode410206
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode31
dc.titleDaylight saving time can decrease the frequency of wildlife-vehicle collisions
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorJones, Darryl N.


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