Spatio-temporal trends in armadillo diurnal activity and road-kills in central Florida

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 865-872

  Inbar, Moshe ^a,b,c,d   Mayer, Richard T ^a  

^a U S HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d U States Department of Agriculture   (United States)

Author keywords

Armadillo; Diurnal activity; Florida; Road kills

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL ACTIVITY; MAMMAL; MORTALITY; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

ARMADILLO; DASYPODIDAE; DASYPUS NOVEMCINCTUS; EDENTATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033435135     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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