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Road kill census on a Park road in Atlantic Forest

Assess qualitatively and quantitatively the use of the highway SP-139 by fauna and provide alternatives to reduce the number of animal killed by vehicle impacts considering the increase of traffic on that SP-139 segment, going across Carlos Botelho State Park, between the park’s administration building in São Miguel Arcanjo and the Nucleus Sete Barras, south-east of the state of São Paulo.

Snake (Spilotes pullatus) killed by a vehicle on a Park road


Paula D. Fogaça   

Period: 12/2002 to 11/2004

Support: Carlos Botelho State Park

Fogaça, P.D.; Beisegel, B.M.; Lima, A.B.F.; Pianca, C.C.; Ferreira, C.P.; Balboni, F. & Portilho, W.G. 2004. Censo e diagnóstico da fauna que utiliza a rodovia SP-139. Parque Estadual Carlos Botelho, Instituto Florestal. 15p.