Roadkill Patterns on Workdays, Weekends and Long Weekends: Anticipating the Implications of a Four-Day Work Week
Understanding the spatial and temporal patterns of animal road mortality is important for planning protective measures and raising driver awareness. In our study of Lithuania, spanning from 2002 to 2022, we examined these patterns based on road types and categorized them by working days, weekends, a...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:5cf0bc31bd1d4fa4817bba80adc97275 2024-09-15T17:36:15+00:00 Roadkill Patterns on Workdays, Weekends and Long Weekends: Anticipating the Implications of a Four-Day Work Week Linas Balčiauskas Andrius Kučas Laima Balčiauskienė 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/d16020084 https://doaj.org/article/5cf0bc31bd1d4fa4817bba80adc97275 EN eng MDPI AG https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/16/2/84 https://doaj.org/toc/1424-2818 doi:10.3390/d16020084 1424-2818 https://doaj.org/article/5cf0bc31bd1d4fa4817bba80adc97275 Diversity, Vol 16, Iss 2, p 84 (2024) roadkill temporal patterns ungulate roadkills Alces alces Capreolus capreolus long weekends four-day work week Biology (General) QH301-705.5 article 2024 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/d16020084 2024-08-05T17:49:58Z Understanding the spatial and temporal patterns of animal road mortality is important for planning protective measures and raising driver awareness. In our study of Lithuania, spanning from 2002 to 2022, we examined these patterns based on road types and categorized them by working days, weekends, and long weekends, predicting the potential impact of transitioning to a four-day working week. We found that road type explains 22–50% of the variability in roadkill numbers for moose, red deer, wild boar, and roe deer. The highest occurrences were on main roads, while regional roads had the fewest incidents. The overall number of roadkills, especially those involving ungulates, was highest on weekends, followed by workdays, with the least on long weekends. However, these variations lacked statistical significance, and their effect size was small. We also observed a trend of increased roadkill numbers on the day before, the first day, notably on All Saints Day, or the last day of long weekends. In this context, with the introduction of a four-day work week, we are only expecting the highest roadkill numbers to move from Friday to Thursday. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alces alces Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Diversity 16 2 84 |
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Understanding the spatial and temporal patterns of animal road mortality is important for planning protective measures and raising driver awareness. In our study of Lithuania, spanning from 2002 to 2022, we examined these patterns based on road types and categorized them by working days, weekends, and long weekends, predicting the potential impact of transitioning to a four-day working week. We found that road type explains 22–50% of the variability in roadkill numbers for moose, red deer, wild boar, and roe deer. The highest occurrences were on main roads, while regional roads had the fewest incidents. The overall number of roadkills, especially those involving ungulates, was highest on weekends, followed by workdays, with the least on long weekends. However, these variations lacked statistical significance, and their effect size was small. We also observed a trend of increased roadkill numbers on the day before, the first day, notably on All Saints Day, or the last day of long weekends. In this context, with the introduction of a four-day work week, we are only expecting the highest roadkill numbers to move from Friday to Thursday. |
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Roadkill Patterns on Workdays, Weekends and Long Weekends: Anticipating the Implications of a Four-Day Work Week |
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