India Roadkill Monitoring Project

Occurrence Observation
Versão mais recente published by Training Organization on mai. 7, 2026 Training Organization
Publication date:
7 de maio de 2026
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Descrição

The India Roadkill Monitoring Project (www.roadkillmonitoring.in) is a collaborative effort between conservationists, researchers, and the common public. Its primary goal is to fill the "information gap" regarding animal-vehicle collisions in India, where data has historically focused almost exclusively on human casualties. The dataset addresses a critical gap in understanding the scale and distribution of animal-vehicle collisions in India, where road infrastructure often overlaps with ecologically sensitive landscapes.This dataset compiles georeferenced records of wildlife road mortality across India, generated through the India Roadkill Monitoring Project’s mobile app. Data collection follows a hybrid monitoring framework. Citizen science contributions enable large-scale spatial coverage, while systematic surveys conducted by trained observers provide more standardized data on roadkill occurrence. All records undergo quality control procedures, including taxonomic validation, geospatial verification, and data cleaning. The dataset is standardized using Darwin Core terms to ensure interoperability and integration with global biodiversity platforms.Roadkill represents a significant but underreported source of biodiversity loss, affecting a wide range of taxa. This dataset includes records of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, collected across diverse habitats such as forests, agricultural lands, wetlands, and urban environments. Each record typically contains species identification (to the lowest possible taxonomic level), geographic coordinates, date of observation, and supporting metadata, including photographs where available.The dataset enables the identification of spatial hotspots of road mortality, temporal patterns in wildlife-vehicle collisions, and species-specific vulnerability. These insights are essential for mitigation strategies such as wildlife crossings, road planning, and traffic regulation measures.Although the dataset may exhibit spatial and temporal biases inherent to citizen science approaches, it represents one of the most comprehensive efforts to document roadkill in India. By contributing to global biodiversity databases, it supports comparative analyses in road ecology and provides a valuable resource for conservation planning, ecological research, and infrastructure management.

Registros de Dados

Os dados deste recurso de ocorrência foram publicados como um Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), que é o formato padronizado para compartilhamento de dados de biodiversidade como um conjunto de uma ou mais tabelas de dados. A tabela de dados do núcleo contém 492 registros.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versões

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Como citar

Pesquisadores deveriam citar esta obra da seguinte maneira:

Pawgi M, Joshi Y, Pawgi K (2026). India Roadkill Monitoring Project. Version 1.1. Training Organization. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=koola_roadkils&v=1.1

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GBIF Registration

Este recurso foi registrado no GBIF e atribuído ao seguinte GBIF UUID: d491dfa7-5906-47f7-91f8-ac7b3028d435.  Training Organization publica este recurso, e está registrado no GBIF como um publicador de dados aprovado por GBIF Secretariat.

Palavras-chave

Occurrence; Observation

Contatos

Mandar Pawgi
  • Originador ●
  • Ponto De Contato
Koola Wild Foundation
Amravati
Maharashtra
IN
Yogesh Joshi
  • Originador
Koola Wild Foundation
Amravati
Maharashtra
IN
Kedar Pawgi
  • Originador
Koola Wild Foundation
Amravati
Maharashtra
IN

Cobertura Geográfica

India

Coordenadas delimitadoras Sul Oeste [11,643, 69,34], Norte Leste [28,399, 91,58]

Cobertura Taxonômica

Nenhuma descrição disponível

Reino Animalia
Filo Chordata
Class Aves, Reptilia, Mammalia, Testudines, Squamata, Amphibia
Ordem Cuculiformes, Artiodactyla, Galliformes, Anura, Passeriformes, Pelecaniformes, Chiroptera, Lagomorpha, Accipitriformes, Primates, Gruiformes, Columbiformes, Charadriiformes, Carnivora, Psittaciformes, Caprimulgiformes, Soricomorpha, Rodentia, Strigiformes, Coraciiformes, Piciformes
Família Varanidae, Uropeltidae, Psittacidae, Pteropodidae, Bufonidae, Sylviidae, Corvidae, Leporidae, Trionychidae, Bovidae, Columbidae, Felidae, Muscicapidae, Canidae, Cuculidae, Pycnonotidae, Muridae, Picidae, Viperidae, Suidae, Hystricidae, Cercopithecidae, Leiothrichidae, Herpestidae, Dicroglossidae, Pythonidae, Sturnidae, Alcedinidae, Psammophiidae, Coraciidae, Passeridae, Viverridae, Sciuridae, Accipitridae, Boidae, Strigidae, Soricidae, Burhinidae, Phasianidae, Typhlopidae, Rallidae, Tytonidae, Caprimulgidae, Colubridae, Chamaeleonidae, Elapidae, Ardeidae, Dicruridae, Cisticolidae, Hyaenidae, Agamidae, Meropidae

Cobertura Temporal

Data Inicial / Data final 2018-07-02 / 2025-12-31

Citações bibliográficas

  1. Pawgi, M., Joshi, Y., Deshmukh, S., Purohit, A., Pawgi, K., & Yosef, P. R. (2024). Monitoring roadkill in Amravati, India: A Citizen Science project. European Journal of Ecology, 10(2) 2024, pp. 8-20   https://doi.org/10.17161/eurojecol.v10i2.21597

Metadados Adicionais

Identificadores alternativos d491dfa7-5906-47f7-91f8-ac7b3028d435
https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=koola_roadkils