Cutting the carnage: Wildlife usage of road culverts in north-eastern New South Wales

Wildlife Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 529-537

  Taylor, Brendan D ^a,b   Goldingay, Ross L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULVERT; FROG; ROADKILL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ANURA; ARUNDINARIA; AVES; BUFO MARINUS; MACROPODIDAE; MAMMALIA; PERAMELIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS; POTOROUS TRIDACTYLUS; SQUAMATA; TACHYGLOSSIDAE;

EID: 0347567062     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR01062     Document Type: Review

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