Evaluation of Effectiveness of Mitigation Measures Implemented to Prevent Traffic Related Wolf Mortality in Sink Areas

Although efficiency of different mitigation measures for reducing the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions has already been confirmed, the lack of data on behaviour of wolves in Italy around such deterrents still hampers their use. This makes this action essential for:

• getting a better understanding of wolves ethology that can be used for future adjustments of mitigation measures, and
• for confirmation of the efficiency of the mitigation measures used.