Evidence that a highway reduces apparent survival rates of squirrel gliders

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  McCall, Sarah C ^a,b   McCarthy, Michael A ^b   van der Ree, Rodney ^a,b   Harper, Michael J ^a,c   Cesarini, Silvana ^d   Soanes, Kylie ^a  

^a Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Department of Sustainability and Environment ^*  (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Emigration; Mortality; Population persistence; Road ecology; Squirrel glider; Survival

Indexed keywords

EMIGRATION; MARSUPIAL; MORTALITY; MOTORWAY; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; EUCALYPTUS; PETAURUS NORFOLCENSIS;

EID: 77958476875     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03445-150327     Document Type: Article

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