Factors influencing the effectiveness of wildlife underpasses in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

Conservation Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-56

  Clevenger, Anthony P ^a,b,d   Waltho, Nigel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONNECTIVITY; ROAD; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 0034039667     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.00099-085.x     Document Type: Article

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