Species composition and habitat correlates of amphibian roadkills in different landscapes of South-Western Poland

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 659-671

  Orłowski, Grzegorz ^a   Ciesiołkiewicz, Joanna ^b   Kaczor, Mirella ^b   Radwańska, Joanna ^b   Zywicka, Adriana ^b  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Amphibian conservation; Amphibian roadkills; Circular buffers; Road ecology; Wildlife road mortality

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BUFFER ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POND; ROADKILL; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO BUFO; BUFO DEBILIS; RANA ARVALIS; RANA TEMPORARIA;

EID: 61849140524     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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