Twenty Years of Research, Do Animals Use Wildlife Crossings?

Twenty years of research, do animals use wildlife crossings? Supplementary abstracts Robert van Meeteren and Gerard Smit (ed.) Twenty years of research, do animals use wildlife crossings? Supplementary abstracts Robert van Meeteren and Gerard Smit (ed.) Report number: 15-205 Date of publication: October 27th, 2015 Photographs cover: Jeroen Brandjes, Dimitri Emond, Gerard Smit Van Meeteren, R. & G.F.J. Smit, 2015. Twenty years of research, do animals use wildlife crossings?. Bureau Waardenburg Report nr. 15-205 Bureau Waardenburg, Culemborg. Keywords: fauna, infrastructure, ecoducts, wildlife tunnels, wildlife crossings. © Bureau Waardenburg bv This report is produced at the request of the client mentioned above and is his property. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted and/or publicized in any form or by any means, electronic, electrical, chemical, mechanical, optical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission of the client mentioned above and Bureau Waardenburg bv, nor may it without such a permission be used for any other purpose than for which it has been produced. The Quality Management System of Bureau Waardenburg bv has been certified by CERTIKED according to ISO 9001:2008. 1 2 Preface During the last decennia several hundreds of wildlife crossings have been realised in the Netherlands by national, regional and local governments. These crossings cover a wide variety of measures facilitating the movements of animals over and under highways, regional and local roads, railways and waterways. Since 1994, we have carried out studies on the actual use of such defragmentation measures by animals. This includes underpasses as ledges and banks at waterways, fauna tunnels, stump walls and overpasses as ecoducts, green ways and a marten bridge. In this supplement you will find the abstracts of more than 50 project reports written and eight papers in the last twenty years on fauna and infrastructure. These projects were carried out for local governments, provinces, the national government as well as builders and contractors. This supplement provides a solid overview of twenty years of experience with wildlife crossings and we are pleased to be able to share this with you. A.J.M. Meijer G.F.J. Smit Director Team manager The projects have been carried out by: Jeroen Brandjes, Paul Boddeke, Martijn Boonman, Rombout van Eekelen, Dimitri Emond, Gerlof Hoefsloot, Robert van Meeteren, Fabrice Ottburg, Jan Reitsma, Herman Sips, Gerard Smit, Dirk van Straalen, Pieter Veen, Martijn Veen, Fleur van Vliet, Dennis Wansink. 3 4 Content Preface .......................................................................................................................................... 3 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 8 2 Field studies ......................................................................................................................... 11 1. Fauna crossings of highway A7 in the forest Robbenoordbos ................................................. 11 2. Survey of the use by fauna of the non-adapted viaduct “Mauritskamp” over highway A28 ... 11 3. Use by animals of fauna crossings near waterways, a pilot survey ......................................... 12 4. Animals use fauna passageways under highway A6 in Flevoland .......................................... 12 5. Use by animals of fauna crossings next to waterways, experimental study: non-adapted situation ................................................................................................................................................. 14 6. Animals killed by trains: study for defragmentation by rail infrastructure: questionnaires and pilot for observation probability of killed animals. ............................................................................... 14 7. Field test of an automated system for video recording of animal crossings ............................ 15 8. The use of viaducts and tunnels (non-adapted for fauna) by animals at the highway A1 at Veluwe. .................................................................................................................................................. 16 9. Animals use six adapted over- and underpasses at three highways. ...................................... 17 10. Use by animals of fauna crossings next to waterways, experimental study: adapted situation. ................................................................................................................................................ 19 11. The use by animals of six non-adapted highway overpasses in Noord-Brabant. ................... 19 12. Applying automated video recordings at different types of fauna crossings. ........................... 20 13. The application of automated video recordings at fauna crossings. ........................................ 20 14. Animals use 45 small fauna tunnels under highways. .............................................................. 21 15. The use by animals of ten crossings under highway N11. ....................................................... 22 16. The use by animals of crossings under highways in the province of Zuid-Holland. ............... 23 17. Videoregistration at a badgertunnel under highway A50 at Veluwe. ....................................... 24 18. The use by animals of 22 fauna crossings within the urban area of Utrecht. .......................... 25 19. Use by animals of 13 fauna crossings of highways A12, A27 en A28. .................................... 26 20. Use of a pine marten bridge over highway A12 and ecoduct Leusderheide over A28. ......... 27 21. Use by animals of 19 crossings at highway A2, A12, A27 and A28. ....................................... 27 22. Use by animals of 47 underpasses of regional roads in Noord-Brabant. ................................ 28 23. Use by animals of fauna crossings and corridors at the landscape park Susteren. ............... 30 24. Via Limburg: pilot for 20 crossings at regional roads and highways. ....................................... 31 25. Animals use ecoduct De Borkeld over highway A1. ................................................................. 32 26. Do animals use ten crossings at a highway in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. ...................................... 32 27. Underpasses of highways and railways as corridors for bats. .................................................. 33 28. The use by animals of 24 fauna crossings within the urban area of Utrecht. .......................... 33 29. Study of 39 fauna crossings at regional roads in the province of Gelderland. ........................ 35 5 30. Study of 43 fauna crossings at regional roads in the province of Gelderland. ........................ 36 31. Monitoring animal use of ecological corridor De Doorbraak at highway A35. ......................... 36 32. Monitoring animal use of ecological corridor Oude Haagseweg in Amsterdam. .................... 37 33. Meta-analysis of 139 small wildlife tunnels to determine which factors have an influence of tunnel use by badgers. ......................................................................................................................... 38 34. Monitoring Ecoduct De Munt, Wuustwezel Belgium T1. ........................................................... 38 35. Fauna crossing Krakelingweg Zeist. .......................................................................................... 39 36. Monitoring the use by fauna of Ecoduct Nijverdal. .................................................................... 39 37. Monitoring the use by fauna of Ecoduct Hulshorst. ................................................................... 40 38. Monitoring the use by fauna of Ecoduct Petrea. ........................................................................ 40 39. Monitoring the use by fauna of Ecoduct Hoog Buurlo. .............................................................. 41 40. Monitoring the use by fauna of Ecoduct J.P. Thijsse. ............................................................... 42 41. Monitoring the use by fauna of Ecoduct Oud Reemst. ............................................................. 43 42. Monitoring the use by fauna of Ecoduct Huis ter Heide. ........................................................... 44 43. Monitoring the use by fauna of Ecoduct Zwaluwenberg. .......................................................... 44 44. Monitoring the use by fauna of Ecoduct Middachten. ............................................................... 45 45. Monitoring Ecoduct De Munt, Wuustwezel Belgium T3. ........................................................... 45 46. Monitoring Ecoduct De Munt, Wuustwezel Belgium T0-T3. ..................................................... 46 3 Desk studies ........................................................................................................................ 47 47. Overview current state of knowledge about the use of fauna crossings over and under highways and study proposal .............................................................................................................. 47 48. Overview of study methods for assessing the use of fauna crossings .................................... 47 49. Assessment of cost-benefit of fauna crossings in the Netherlands. ......................................... 48 50. Design regulations fauna crossings

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