Demographic effects of road mortality in black ratsnakes (Elaphe obsoleta)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-124

  Row, Jeffrey R ^a   Blouin Demers, Gabriel ^a   Weatherhead, Patrick J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ontario; Population viability analysis; Reptile; Road avoidance; Road mortality rate

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; EXTINCTION RISK; MORTALITY; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RADIOTELEMETRY; ROADKILL; SNAKE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ANIMALIA; PANTHEROPHIS OBSOLETUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 34047181526     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.01.020     Document Type: Article

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