Effects of a paved road on mortality and mobility of red bellied toads (Melanophryniscus sp.) in Argentinean grasslands

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 377-385

  Cairo, Samanta Lis ^a   Zalba, Sergio Martín ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GRASSLAND; HABITAT LOSS; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOBILITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION SIZE; ROAD; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; TOAD; TRANSECT;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; SIERRA DE LA VENTANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANURA; MELANOPHRYNISCUS;

EID: 34547942695     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853807781374818     Document Type: Article

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