Roadkills of vertebrate species on two highways through the Atlantic Forest Biosphere Reserve, southern Brazil

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 689-699

  Coelho, Igor Pfeifer ^a   Kindel, Andreas ^a   Coelho, Artur Vicente Pfeifer ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Road ecology; Spatial pattern; Wildlife mortality

Indexed keywords

AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 52449085302     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-008-0197-4     Document Type: Article

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