Using traffic flow theory to model traffic mortality in mammals

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 895-907

  Van Langevelde, Frank ^a   Jaarsma, Catharinus F ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mitigation; Road ecology; Traffic flow theory; Traffic mortality; Two patch population model

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; MAMMAL; MORTALITY; POPULATION MODELING; ROADKILL; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 14644442366     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-005-0464-7     Document Type: Article

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