Long-term wildlife road-kill counts in New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-134

  Brockie, Robert E ^a   Sadleir, Richard M F S ^a   Linklater, Wayne L ^b  

^a 120 Sweetacres Drive ^*  (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hedgehog; Possum; Rabbit; Road kill; Traffic volume; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MAMMAL; ROADKILL; WILD POPULATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ACRIDOTHERES TRISTIS; ANIMALIA; AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ERINACEIDAE; ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS; GYMNORHINA; GYMNORHINA TIBICEN; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PORPHYRIO PORPHYRIO; RATTUS; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 70249097744     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014220909510147     Document Type: Article

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