Roads and wildlife: Impacts, mitigation and implications for wildlife management in Australia

Wildlife Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 320-331

  Taylor, Brendan D ^a,b   Goldingay, Ross L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COLLISION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FROG; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MORTALITY; ROAD TRANSPORT; ROADKILL; TAXONOMY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77954231775     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR09171     Document Type: Article

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