Behavior of amphibians on the road in response to car traffic

Herpetologica

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 380-388

  Mazerolle, Marc J ^a,c   Huot, Matthieu ^a,d   Gravel, Mireille ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^c PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automobile; Field experiment; Frogs; Headlights; Highway mortality; Movement; Salamanders

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FIELD SURVEY; MOBILITY; MOVEMENT; ROADKILL; TRANSPORT VEHICLE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYLIDAE; PSEUDACRIS CRUCIFER; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 33751559186     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/04-79.1     Document Type: Article

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