Relative vulnerability of female turtles to road mortality

Animal Conservation

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 269-273

  Steen, David A ^a   Aresco, M J ^b   Beilke, S G ^c   Compton, B W ^d   Condon, E P ^a   Dodd Jr , C Kenneth ^e   Forrester, H ^f   Gibbons, J W ^g   Greene, J L ^g   Johnson, G ^h   Langen, T A ⁱ   Oldham, M J ^j   Oxier, D N ^k   Saumure, R A ^l,q   Schueler, F W ^m   Sleeman, J M ⁿ   Smith, L L ^a   Tucker, J K ^o   Gibbs, J P ^p  

^a JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The Pacific Northwest Turtle Project   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f Turtle Rescue of New Jersey   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^h STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT POTSDAM   (United States)

ⁱ CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^k OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^l MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^m Bishops Mills Natural History Centre   (Canada)

ⁿ The Wildlife Center of Virginia   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^p STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^q Research Division   (United States)

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Author keywords

Data synthesis; Highways; Nesting migrations; Reptile; Road mortality; Roads; Sex ratio; Turtles

Indexed keywords

MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NESTING; POPULATION DECLINE; ROADKILL; SEX RATIO; TURTLE; VULNERABILITY;

TESTUDINES;

EID: 33746304227     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2006.00032.x     Document Type: Article

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