Life and death in the fast lane: Demographic consequences of road mortality in the Florida Scrub-Jay

Conservation Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 501-512

  Mumme, Ronald L ^a   Schoech, Stephan J ^b   Woolfenden, Glen E ^c   Fitzpatrick, John W ^d  

^a ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^d 14850 erc25 cornelledu   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; MORTALITY; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT;

UNITED STATES;

APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS;

EID: 0033999149     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.98370.x     Document Type: Article

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