Carcass Persistence and Detectability: Reducing the Uncertainty Surrounding Wildlife-Vehicle Collision Surveys

• Rodrigo Augusto Lima Santos ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rodrigo Augusto Lima Santos, Sara M. Santos, Fernando Ascensão

  * E-mail: rodrigosaantos@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Zoology, University of Brasília-UnB, Brasília, Federal District, Brazil, Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, IBRAM—Instituto Brasília Ambiental, Brasília, Federal District, Brazil

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• Sara M. Santos ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rodrigo Augusto Lima Santos, Sara M. Santos, Fernando Ascensão

  Affiliations CIBIO-UE–Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, Pole of Évora, Research Group in Applied Ecology, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal, UBC–Conservation Biology Lab, Department of Biology, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal

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• Margarida Santos-Reis,

  Affiliation Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

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• Almir Picanço de Figueiredo,

  Affiliations Department of Zoology, University of Brasília-UnB, Brasília, Federal District, Brazil, IBRAM—Instituto Brasília Ambiental, Brasília, Federal District, Brazil

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• Alex Bager,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Ludmilla M. S. Aguiar,

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Brasília-UnB, Brasília, Federal District, Brazil

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• Fernando Ascensão

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rodrigo Augusto Lima Santos, Sara M. Santos, Fernando Ascensão

  Affiliations Infraestruturas de Portugal BiodiversityChair. CIBIO/InBio, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto. Campus Agrário de Vairão, Vairão, Portugal, CEABN/InBio, Centro de Ecologia Aplicada “Professor Baeta Neves”, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349–017 Lisboa, Portugal

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