Methodologies for surveying herpetofauna mortality on rural highways

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1361-1368

  Langen, Tom A ^a   Machniak, Angela ^a   Crowe, Erin K ^a   Mangan, Charles ^a   Marker, Daniel F ^a   Liddle, Neal ^a   Roden, Brian ^a  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; New York; Reptiles; Road ecology; Road mortality; Survey methodology

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HERPETOFAUNA; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROADKILL; RURAL AREA;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 53949109418     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-385     Document Type: Article

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