Road kill vertebrates southcentral Kansas 1980's

This study measured the frequency of vertebrates killed by vehicle collisions along stretch of two-lane highway in Kansas between 1985-1987. These data are the basis for a paper published in Transactions of Kansas Academy of Science, 2018, 121: 69-83. Data in columns record year, month and date (A, B, C), name of individual animal and group assigned (D and E), the location tenth mile section from specific intersections and segment number (F and G), adjacent land-use (agriculture, pasture, residential, woodland) on north, south or both sides (H, I and J), culvert (none, small or large) on one side or both (K and L), tree (none, one or more, hedgerow) on both sides of road (M and N), house (none, one or more than one) on both sides of road (O and P), intersection present or not (Q), water (R) and barn (S). The methodology led to high accuracy in number of animals found, a particular high mortality frequency for box turtles, snakes, rabbits and small rodents. The data stored here can be used for examining trends in wildlife road mortality at broader scales or overtime.