Identifying hot moments in road-mortality risk for freshwater turtles

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 152-159

  Beaudry, Frederic ^a,c   Demaynadier, Phillip G ^b   Hunter Jr , Malcolm L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b MAINE DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Blanding's turtle; Emydoidea blandingii; Hot moment; Maine; Mitigation; Population viability analysis (PVA); Road mortality

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY RISK; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROADKILL; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TURTLE; VULNERABILITY;

MAINE; UNITED STATES;

EMYDOIDEA BLANDINGII; TESTUDINES;

EID: 73449102827     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-370     Document Type: Article

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