The effect of road kills on amphibian populations

Biological Conservation

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 331-340

  Hels, Tove ^a,c   Buchwald, Erik ^b  

^a Natl Environ Research Institute   (Denmark)

^b Forest and Nature Agency   (Denmark)

^c DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Frogs; Movement rate; Road mortality; Toads

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000048214     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(00)00215-9     Document Type: Article

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