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Assessment of Fence Height to Prevent Roadkill of Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis)

  • Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
  • Abbr : J EIA
  • 2018, 27(2), pp.232-239
  • Publisher : Korean Society Of Environmental Impact Assessment
  • Research Area : Engineering > Environmental Engineering

Hee-Bok Park 1 우동걸 1 Eui‑Geun Song 1 임정은 1 Bae-Keun Lee 1 Ji-Deok Jang 1 Taejin Park 2 Taeyoung Choi 1

1국립생태원
2경상대학교

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ABSTRACT

Our study aims to provide a guideline of deer-proof fence heights to prevent roadkill of water deer (Hydropotes inermis), the most frequently killed by a vehicle collision, in South Korea. With 27 water deer in deer ecology center of the National Institute of Ecology, we measured the ability of water deer to jump gradually higher fences from 0.5cm by 10cm until the deterrence rate reached 100%. Our result revealed that the deterrence rate became 96.7% at the fence height of 1.5m and the rate reached 100% at the 1.8m. We believe that our result provides the fundamental information to prepare a standard of deer-proof fence height. This evidence-based standard will contribute to improving the guideline for wildlife crossing construction and management, established by Ministry of Environment Korea.

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