Road impacts a tipping point for wildlife populations in threatened landscapes

Population Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 215-227

  Roger, Erin ^a   Laffan, Shawn W ^a   Ramp, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Common wombat; Habitat use; Landscape connectivity; PVA; RAMAS GIS; Road kill

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONNECTIVITY; FECUNDITY; GIS; HABITAT USE; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MARSUPIAL; MITIGATION; MORTALITY; NATIONAL PARK; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; PREDATION; ROADKILL; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUBPOPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; KOSCIUSZKO NATIONAL PARK; NEW SOUTH WALES;

VOMBATUS URSINUS;

EID: 78650303412     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-010-0209-6     Document Type: Article

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