Evaluating factors affecting amphibian mortality on roads: The case of the Common Toad Bufo bufo, near a breeding place

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-104

  Santos, X ^a,b   Llorente, G A ^a   Montori, A ^a   Carretero, M A ^c   Franch, M ^a   Garriga, N ^a   Richter Boix, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Diputacio de Barcelona   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Bufo bufo; Common Toad; Landscape fragmentation; Migration; Mortality; Pyrenees; Road permeability

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SITE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MIGRATION; MIGRATION ROUTE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; ROADKILL; TOAD;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO BUFO;

EID: 35448934471     PISSN: 1578665X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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