A highway's road-effect zone for desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii)

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 94-101

  Boarman, W I ^a   Sazaki, M ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chelonians; Desert tortoise; Human impacts; Mojave desert; Mortality; Road kills; Road effect zone; Roads

Indexed keywords

DESERT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; REPTILE; ROADKILL; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT;

CALIFORNIA; MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; GOPHERUS AGASSIZII;

EID: 30644457310     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2005.06.020     Document Type: Article

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