Amphibian encounter rates on roads with different amounts of traffic and urbanization

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1626-1635

  Sutherland, Ronald W ^a   Dunning, Phillip R ^b   Baker, Whit M ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Holly Springs High School ^*  (United States)

^c Holly Springs High School   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Road mortality; Toads; Traffic; Urban gradients

Indexed keywords

ENCOUNTER RATE; MOTORWAY; ROADKILL; SURVIVAL; TOAD; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN REGION; URBANIZATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; MOTOR VEHICLES; NORTH CAROLINA; POPULATION DENSITY; URBANIZATION;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA;

EID: 78349292926     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01570.x     Document Type: Article

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