Road mortality of amphibians, reptiles and other wildlife on the long point causeway, Lake Erie, Ontario

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 403-412

  Ashley, E Paul ^a   Robinson, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

amphibians; birds; causeway; mammals; mortality; reptiles; road; vehicle; wetland

Indexed keywords

WETLAND;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0030298999     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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