Road-kills affect avian population quality

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1036-1039

  Bujoczek, Małgorzata ^a   Ciach, Michał ^a   Yosef, Reuven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

^b Ben Gurion University Eilat Campus ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Barn Swallow; Chaffinch; Prey selection; Ptilochronology; Road kills; Yellowhammer

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; BODY CONDITION; COLLISION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEATHER; MOTORWAY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREY SELECTION; RAPTOR; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; ROADKILL; SONGBIRD; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

POLAND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; EMBERIZA CITRINELLA; FRINGILLA; FRINGILLA COELEBS; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; RAPTORES;

EID: 79951812818     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.12.022     Document Type: Article

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