Effects of roads on wildlife in an intensively modified landscape

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-39

  Underhill, J E ^a   Angola, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barrier; Corridor; Environmental impact; Fragmentation; Roads; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007655543     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/er-8-1-21     Document Type: Article

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